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Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.
Pendleton County, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Ireland. Married to Sarah Ann Patton Sheehan. Farmer in Pendleton County in 1860.
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Pendleton County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Ohio native. Married to Elizabeth Wallace. Farmer in Pendleton County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Pendleton County in 1863.
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Pendleton County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Ireland. Married to Jerry Sheehan. Resident of Pendleton County in 1860.
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Pendleton County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Bethania, North Carolina, native. Married to Mary Ann Kennett Hauser in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on March 21, 1822. Father of Samuel T. Hauser, Jr., Emeline Hauser, Theodosia Hauser, Henry D. Hauser, and Richard D. Hauser. Attorney in Pendleton County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Pendleton County in 1850. Presiding judge of the Pendleton County Court in Falmouth in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Pendleton County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Pendleton County Court in Falmouth in 1864.
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Seat of Pendleton County. Located on the Licking River.
County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Falmouth. Located on the Ohio River.
Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).
Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): M. Mullins and C. A. Wanderlohr.
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His Excellency
r of Ky
Inclosed please find the petition of byFbefore
The justice himself, in verification of the statements of the Petition signs it; also the Attorney of the County the two Clerks of the County and Circuit Courts, and myself unite with Mr Sheehon, in involving the executive clemency knowing, Sheehon, to be a peaceable well disposed citizen; and an extreemly poor, sober and industrious man; and with all of great ignorance, as to the laws and habits of this Country's and also fully persuaded, that if it had not been for the instructions and assurances of the Justice, Mr Wallace,
he would have attended. the Court; and with no prosecution appearing (and none did appear) the cause, would have been dismissed -- Moreover, he will not be the sufferer, so much, as
Respectfully Yours Sevt
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