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Jacob Fossett (Pendleton County, KY, farmer and laborer)

b. 1818?

Pendleton County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer. Ohio native. Married to Emily Eades Fossett in Pendleton County in March 1839. Father of Mary F. Fossett, Margaret Fossett, Eliza M. Fossett, Rebecca Fossett, Charlotte Fossett, Permelia D. Fossett, Bill Fossett, and Daniel L. Fossett. Farmer in Pendleton County in 1850. Employed George Mitcher and Anthony Cavender as laborers in Pendleton County in 1850. Day laborer in Pendleton County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, District 1, p. 380B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 620.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 450B-451A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, 1827-1847, Film #000272805, p. 151 of 475 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Fossett, Jacob. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279854 (November 12, 2026).

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