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Joseph W. Stivers (Bourbon County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier (major))

b. 1830-10-23 d. 1881-01-30

Bourbon County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Stivers. Father of Hooker Stivers and Sherman Stivers. Master carpenter in Bourbon County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry as major from August 21, 1862, to March 13, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Eastern Division, p. 627.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, North Middletown, p. 341A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 372-373.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 948.

Find A Grave, "Maj. J. W. Stivers (1830-1881)," Memorial #87779277, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87779277 (accessed March 1, 2019).

Citation

Stivers, Joseph W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213502 (November 12, 2026).

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