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George W. Aton (Hopkins County, KY, blacksmith, private 35th Ky Mtd Inf.)

b. 1838 d. 1914

Hopkins County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Indiana native. Married to Priscilla Simon Aton in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on January 22, 1861. Father of William E. Aton, Annie B. Aton, and Charles H. Aton. Blacksmith in Madisonville in 1860. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 2, 1863, to December 29, 1864.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 836.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Wallers Precinct, p. 422B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 365.

"George W. Aton (1838-1914)," Find A Grave, Memorial #151064683, accessed October 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151064683.

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Aton, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215084 (November 12, 2026).

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