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Louisville, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Florence Low Dupuy in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 24, 1863. Father of Andrew L. Dupuy. Attended law school at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1856 to 1857. Attended law school at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1857. Commonwealth's attorney for the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1866.
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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.
Mason County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and legal writer. Alexandria, Virginia, native. Married to Asenath Throop Stanton in 1833. Father of Henry Thompson Stanton, Clarence L. Stanton, Asenath Stanton, Charlotte E. Stanton, Ella Stanton, Richard Henry Stanton, Jr., and Maria Stanton. Attended Hallowell Academy in Alexandria. Moved to Kentucky in 1835. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1839. Editor of the Maysville Monitor in Mason County from 1839 to 1841. Member of the Democratic Party. Member of the Democratic Convention in Baltimore in 1844 and 1852. Postmaster for Maysville in Mason County from 1845 to 1849. Owned one enslaved person in Mason County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from 1849 to 1855. Presidential elector for James Buchanan in 1856. Commonwealth's attorney for the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1862. Partner, with Henry J. Stanton, in the law firm of Stanton & Son in 1859. Owned one enslaved person in Mason County in 1860. Hired one additional enslaved person in Mason County in 1860. District attorney for Lewis County in 1861. Arrested for disloyalty by General Nelson in October 1861 and released from custody in December 1861. Partner, with Thomas J. Stroop, in the law firm of Stanton & Throop, from 1861 to 1865.
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Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.
Jefferson County, Kentucky, cooper and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Nelson Caple and Sarah Caple. Married to Frances Jane Purcell Caple in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on March 16, 1865. Attended school in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Cooper in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and private from September 9, 1861, to September 28, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Rutherford County, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862. Captured and paroled on January 13, 1863. Captured in Grainger County, Tennessee, on March 15, 1864. Prisoner of war from March 15, 1864, to September 1, 1864. Accused of the murder of Joseph B. Norton in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1865. Fugitive from justice in 1865.
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Jefferson County, Kentucky. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Woods. Married to Margaret Overstreet Woods in Anderson County, Kentucky, on June 15, 1859. Father to John T. Woods, Harden Woods, and Anna Lee Woods. Resident of Jefferson County in 1860. Charged in the murder of Joseph D. Norton in Jefferson County in 1865.
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Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Woods. Resident of Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Charged in the murder of Joseph D. Norton in Jefferson County in 1865.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith assistant and private watchman. Kentucky native. Married Margaret McDonald Norton in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 21, 1862. Blacksmith assistant in Louisville in 1860. Private watchman in Jefferson County in 1865. Killed in Louisville on June 5, 1865.
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Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and judge. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Lucy A. Guy Johnston in Shelby County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1828. Father of George G. Johnston. Married to Rosa A. Johnston. Father of John C. Johnston, Louisa Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Henry S. Johnston, Florence Johnston, George W. Johnston and Rosey Johnston. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County in 1829 and 1832. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County from 1838 to 1842. Delegate to the 1849 Kentucky Constitutional Convention from Shelby County. Attorney in Shelby County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Shelby County in 1850. Judge of the Louisville City Court from 1854 to 1865. Elected circuit judge of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky in Jefferson County in August 1865.
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Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.
Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. 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).
Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).
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This Commonwealth of Kentucky judicial district included Bullitt, Spencer, Jefferson, Shelby, and Oldham Counties. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir (1860-1863) and George W. Johnston (1864-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig (1860-1861) and James R. Dupuy (1862-1865).
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Dr Sir
Enclosed find Requisition as you required before d the Governor will offer a reward
Yrs Respectfully
Asst Secty
We respectfully suggest that his excellency offer a reward for
J R Dupuy
Judge
Louisville Ky
Jas R Page Esqr
Asst secty of state
Dr Sir
Meeting Judge Johnson in the street accidentally must be my apology for preferring his request on the same sheet of paper on which your letter is. I dont know what could have been in my head to neglect getting his signature to the request except that perhaps I was in great haste or some thing of the sort I refer you to my other letter to you on the subject for any necessary particulars
Truly J R Dupuy
Reward of $750, for Squire Cable, Joseph & Ben Woods
for the murder of Jos Norton Jefferson Co.
Offered th Dec 1865