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John Trayler (Louisville, Kentucky, fisherman, carpenter, and policeman)

b. 1818?

Louisville, Kentucky, fisherman, carpenter, and policeman. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Trayler. Father of Mary Trayler, Lenis Trayler, Albert Trayler, Nancy Trayler, Jane Trayler, and John Trayler. Fisherman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Policeman in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 447B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 592.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 327A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863.

Citation

Trayler, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280644 (November 12, 2026).

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