Person

James Rouse (Union County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1834 d. 1904

Union County, Kentucky, merchant. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Rouse and Sarah K. Rouse. Married to Adeline Hatfield Rouse in Union County, Kentucky, on September 5, 1854. Father of Edward Douglas Rouse. Farm laborer in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 267B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 541.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 418A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 1.

"James Rouse (1834-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46615772, accessed July 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46615772.

Citation

Rouse, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211939 (November 12, 2026).

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