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Joseph L. Rodman (Henry County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1834 d. 1912-04-05

Henry County, Kentucky, merchant. Henry County, Kentucky, native. Son of Martha Rodham. Married to Martha "Mattie" Vanlandingham Rodman in Woodford County, Kentucky, on January 7, 1857. Father of Minnie Rodman, Thomas Rodman, Frank Rodman, and Joseph Rodman. Attended school in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Merchant in Henry County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 395A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 591.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 242.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 198A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 97A-B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film #000252320, p. 258 of 279 of microfilm.

"Joseph L. Rodman," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), April 6, 1912, p. 2.

"Col Joseph Lee Rodman Sr. (1834-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60052188, accessed January 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60052188.

Citation

Rodman, Joseph L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280740 (February 11, 2026).

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