James B. Gaines (Shelby County, Kentucky, and Smithland, Kentucky, physician)
b. 1817?
Shelby County, Kentucky, and Smithland, Kentucky, physician. Married Henrietta F. Beatty Gaines in Shelby County on January 18, 1843. Father of Julius A Gaines, Francis M Gaines, Sarah A Gaines, and Mary J Gaines. Graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1844. Resident of Shelby County in 1862. Relocated to Smithland in 1863. Practiced medicine in Livingston County, Kentucky; Edmonson County, Kentucky; Butler County, Kentucky; and Ohio County, Kentucky.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 35B
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259274, p. 81
KYR-0002-009-0041.
Citation
Gaines, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213711 (November 12, 2026).
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