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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-007-0334 BR2-230

St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. Joseph Lathrop (St. Louis, Missouri, bond agent) N00003143 1815? 1877-04-20 Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, bond agent. Massachusetts native. Marries to Ada A. Lathrop. Father of Mary Lathrop, Adelia Lathrop, Lillia Lathrop, Carra Lathrop, Joseph Lathrop, Sarah Grace Lathrop, and Willie Lathrop. Merchant in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1860. Bond agent in St. Louis in 1863.

Relationships Political: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) Political: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) Social: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) Social: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress)

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Missouri, District 1, Volume 3, April 1865 (Accessed via ancestry.com); Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Massachusetts, Hampshire, Northampton, p. 158; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Missouri, St. Louis, ward 5, p. 132; St. Louis, Missouri, City Director, 1864, Edward, Greenough, & Deved, pub. (St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, 1864), p. 350 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Missouri Death Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm, Missouri, St. Louis, p. 323 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

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).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri 1864-12-23 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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St Louis, Mo. December 23. 1864, Secretary of State, Frankfort Ky, My dear Sir,

Thanking you for your prompt Compliance with my "Commissioners" request, I herewith enclose the pre-requisites.

Oath of Office. Official Seal, in impression

JOSEPH LATHROPA COMMISSIONER for the State of KENTUCKY

Official Signature Joseph Lathrop, a Commissioner for Kentucky in Missouri. Fee, of Five dollars,

Yours, Joseph Lathrop.