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Merriman Hightower (Pendleton County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1828-11-30 d. 1874-09-18

Pendleton County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Rolla Hightower and Elizabeth Hightower. Married to Cynthia Ann Wood Hightower. Father of Rolla A. Hightower and Georgianna Hightower. Farmer in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Pendleton County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Kenton County, p. 204B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 472.

Find A Grave, "Merriman Hightower (1828-1874)," Memorial #19885832, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19885832/merriman-hightower (accessed March 29, 2017).

Citation

Hightower, Merriman. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210383 (November 12, 2026).

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