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Alexander B. McElwain (Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1825-01-03 d. 1869-11

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Permelia F. McElwain. Father of Robert A. McElwain. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860. Farmer in Simpson County in 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 2-32.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 298B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Subdistrict 150, p. 1405.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Simpson County, KY, Feburary 1864, p. 106 of 176 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "Alex B. McElwain (3 Jan 1825-1869)," Memorial #49718798, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49718798 (accessed September 8, 2020).

Citation

McElwain, Alexander B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279657 (November 12, 2026).

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