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Milton P. Newcomb (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, postmaster and merchant.)

b. 1828-05-28 d. 1897-11-24

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, postmaster and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Ann E. Smith Newcomb in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on November 19, 1856. Father of Mary M. Newcomb, Ann L. Newcomb, and Martha L. Newcomb. Postmaster for Mount Vernon in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, from February 14, 1860, to March 20, 1861. Merchant in Rockcastle County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 584.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 35A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rockcastle County Marriages.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 191.

"Milton Perkins Newcomb (1828-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5997860, accessed November 14, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5997860.

Citation

Newcomb, Milton P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281333 (November 12, 2026).

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