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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-0001-007-0396 BR2-311

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Wheeler H. Peckham (New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, attorney) N00005580 1833-01-01 1905-09-27 Categories: People

New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, attorney. Albany, New York, native. Son of Rufus W. Peckham. Married to Annie A. Peckham. Attended the Albany Boys' Academy from 1841 to 1849. Attended a French boarding school in Utica, New York, in 1849. Attended Union College in 1851. Traveled in Europe in 1852 and 1853. Read law at his father's law firm, Peckham & Colt, in Albany. Studied law at the Albany School of Law in 1853. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1854. Partner in the law firm of Peckham & Bloodgood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1854. Attorney in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1860. Relocated to Albany in 1864. Partner in a law firm with George M. Miller and John A. Stoutenburg in New York City, New York, in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Social: Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul, p. 79; Edward Patterson, Memorial of Wheeler Hazard Peckham, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 8, 1906. Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds) N00005578 1827? 1917-04-10 Categories: People

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds. Wisconsin native. Marries to Josephine M. Colt Bloodgood. Father of Mariam Bloodgood and Francis Bloodgood, Jr. Attorney in Milwaukee in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Milwaukee in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, p. 211; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Ward 1, p. 149; "Francis Bloodgood Dead," The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wis.), April 10, 1917, p. 8; Find A Grave, "Francis Bloodgood (1827-1917)," Memorial #90796060, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90796060&ref=acom (accessed May 9, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0391. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

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.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin P00005575 Categories: Places

Seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan.

43.0389, -87.9065 "Milwaukee" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Milwaukee) (accessed May 9, 2017). Peckham & Bloodgood O00005581 1854? Categories: Organizations

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, law firm. Partner(s):Francis Bloodgood and Wheeler H. Peckham.

Relationships Legal: Wheeler H. Peckham (New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, attorney) Legal: Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Economic: Wheeler H. Peckham (New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, attorney) Economic: Francis Bloodgood (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney and commissioner of deeds)

Josiah Seymour Currey, History of Milwaukee, City and County (Milwaukee: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922), p. 530. Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1865-03-01 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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WHEELER H. PECKHAM. FRANCIS BLOODGOOD. LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICES OF PECKHAM & BLOODGOOD.

Milwaukee, March 1st 1865 To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Gov of Kentucky Sir

I would respectfully solicite the appointment of Comms of Deeds for your State. Besides being commissioner for both the National and state Courts, I am Commissioner of Deeds for most of the Loyal states; and hold myself constantly in readiness for the discharge of the duties thereof, It would therefore be a Matter of Convenience to parties desiring such offices, if I held a similar commission under your Authority, In support of my application, I offer the accompanying testimonials.

Hoping for an early and favorable response I remain your obt servant Francis Bloodgood