Benjamin F. Thornbrough (Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)
b. 1837? d. 1864-02-10
Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of H. Thornbrough and Martha Thornbrough. Farmer in Graves County in 1860. Mustered in as sergeant in the 20th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) on September 1, 1862, in Louisville. Promoted from sergeant to 2nd lieutenant on January 1, 1863. Promoted to 1st lieutenant on September 1, 1863. Died at Louisville, on February 10, 1864, of small pox.
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Bibliography
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 64, 952.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves, Mayfield, p. 325.
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Thornbrough, Benjamin F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211792 (November 12, 2026).
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