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James Calvin McFerran (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, livery stable owner, commission merchant, and cotton factor.)

b. 1812-09-14 d. 1885-10-25

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, livery stable owner, commission merchant, and cotton factor. Glasgow, Kentucky, native. Son of John McFerran. Married to Margaret A. Rogers in 1834. Father of John B. McFerran, William H. McFerran, and Margaret A. McFerran. Married to Elizabeth P. Vance McFerran. Father of Catherine McFerran, Charles McFerran, and James C. McFerran, Jr. Hotel Keeper in Munfordville, Kentucky, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Camelion Springs, Kentucky. Stock breeder in Bowling Green. Owner of a livery and sale stable in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1860. Partner of McFerran & Menefee, commission merchants and cotton factors, in Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Partners with John B. McFerran and Richard J. Menefee.

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Race
White

Bibliography

"A Busy Life Close," Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/26/1885. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, stamped p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 2, p. 53. J. D. Campbell���s Louisville Business Directory for 1864 (Louisville: L. A. Civill, 1864), 189., Edward, Greenough, and DeVed, eds., Edwards��� Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc. in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 421.

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McFerran, James Calvin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212965 (November 12, 2026).

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