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Benjamin Franklin Thomas (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. )

b. 1815-12-28 d. 1865-04-06

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Chamberlain Thomas in Mason County, Kentucky, on March 22, 1839. Father of Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, Mary Frances Thomas, . Merchant in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Merchant in Mason County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 48B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 691.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 291.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 1A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843.

Citation

Thomas, Benjamin Franklin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211462 (November 12, 2026).

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