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Martin Gardner Holmes (Louisville, Kentucky, constable and keeper of work house)

d. 1871-02-22

Louisville, Kentucky, constable and keeper of work house. Kentucky native. Married to Rosamond A. Robards in Bullitt, Kentucky, on December 4, 1834. Father of Francis Holmes, Sarah E. Holmes, Keturah T. Holmes, and Dick Holmes. Constable in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Keeper of Work House in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Joseph H. Roberts in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 4A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 915.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 12, p. 626B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bullitt County Marriages, Film 000482690.

"Martin Gardner Holmes (unknown-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 161632587, accessed December 1, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16132587.

Citation

Holmes, Martin Gardner. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280659 (November 12, 2026).

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