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George Burkhamer (George Burkheimer) (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain.)

b. 1817?

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, steam boat captain. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary Burkhamer. Father of Ella Burkhamer. Carpenter in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Steamboat captain in Cincinnati in 1860. Fugitive from justice in Louisiana in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 8, p. 559B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 318.

KYR-0001-006-0036.

Citation

Burkhamer, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211616 (November 12, 2026).

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