Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist. Kenton County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Bradford and Mary Ann Mullins Bradford. Married to Sarah S. Jones Bradford. Resident of Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Tobacconist in Kenton County in 1860. Accused of the murder of David McCullough in Kenton County in 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington/Ward 2, p. 233B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington/Ward 2, p. 571.

"Lafayette Bradford," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 11, 1862, p. 3.

Citation

Bradford, Marcus Lafayette. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215260 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Marcus Lafayette Bradford (Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist. Tried for murder of David McCullough). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (5)

Correspondence
Clinton Butts and A. H. Herod to James F. Robinson
1862-12-03
Correspondence
Gedge & Brothers to James F. Robinson
1862-12-03
Correspondence
John T. Levis to James F. Robinson
1862-12-03
Correspondence
M. M. Benton to James F. Robinson
1862-11-04
Petition
William H. Gedge et al. to James F. Robinson
1862-10

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