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William L. DeSpain (Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1836?

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Married to Eliza A. Scott DeSpain. Father of Mary S. DeSpain, Catherine A. DeSpain, William T. DeSpain, and George F. DeSpain. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from April 1862 to November 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, p. 20.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg District, p. 12.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 856.

Citation

DeSpain, William L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215330 (November 12, 2026).

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