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Benjamin J. Spalding (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant and Lt. Col. 37th KY US)

b. 1819 d. 1891-05-25

Marion County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Ellen F. Spalding. Father of Mary Spalding. Blacksmith in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 37th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant from August 18, 1863 to September 21, 1863. Served in the 37th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Lieutenant Colonel from October 24, 1863 to December 29, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p.335A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 531.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Alabama, Limestone County, Athens, p. 79A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 420.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 369.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #776347, Certificate #557788.

"Benjamin Joseph Spalding (1819-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #105580462, accessed January 4, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105580462.

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Spalding, Benjamin J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280435 (November 12, 2026).

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