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Thomas S. Bronston, Jr. (Madison County, KY, merchant)

b. 1817? d. 1890-12-17

Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Sally Ann Bronston in Madison County, Kentucky in June 1846. Father of Charles Bronston. Married to Elizabeth Ballard Bronston in Madison County on December 24, 1850. Father of Thomas B. Bronston. Married to Henrietta Bronston. Father of Joseph S. Bronston, Mattie Bronston, Nettie Bronston, Elen Bronston, Bettie Bronston, and Nannie Bronston. Merchant in Madison County in 1850. Merchant in Madison County in 1860. Enslaved eight persons in Madison County in 1860. Imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio in June 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 203B.


Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 139.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 473A-B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 254B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183314, p. 977.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 282.

Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C., p. 82 (22459 of 54896 of microfilm).

Find A Grave, "Thomas S. Bronston (1817-1890)," Memorial #59093283, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59093283 (accessed March 19, 2020).

Citation

Bronston, Thomas S., Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213297 (November 12, 2026).

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