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John Atkinson (Nelson County, Kentucky, minister)

b. 1797-09-30 d. 1891-04-15

Nelson County, Kentucky, Methodist minister. New Jersey native. Son of Eliza Atkinson. Married to Lucinda Ela Atkinson. Father of Sarah Atkinson, Mary Atkinson, and Charles Theodore Atkinson. Minister in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Methodist minister in Nelson County in 1860.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 172A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 194.

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Film # 7017537, Nelson County, File #3974, January 21, 1929.

Find A Grave, "Rev John Atkinson (1797-1891)," Memorial # 126413874, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126413874/john-atkinson (accessed February 17, 2019).

Citation

Atkinson, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212222 (November 12, 2026).

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