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Adam B. Dishong (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster)

b. 1818?

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary A. Means Dishong. Father of John Dishong, James Dishong, Thomas Dishong, Elizabeth Dishong, Nancy Dishong, Marcus Dishong, Mary C. Dishong, and Emma L. Dishong. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. United States postmaster in Montgomery County from October 3, 1854, to May 26, 1857. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 72A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 55.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 197.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 89A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Camargo, p. 240A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 26770.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Montgomery County, Kentucky, Roll 48, vol. 14, p. 688.

Citation

Dishong, Adam B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281233 (November 12, 2026).

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