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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-0001-007-0399 BR2-314 to BR2-315

New York, New York County, New York Edward F. de Selding (New York City, New York, attorney) N00002301 1828-08-10 Categories: People

New York City, New York, attorney. Brooklyn, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth Monroe Shrewsbury on September 18, 1855. Father of Hermann de Selding, Joel S. de Selding, and Julia de Selding. Educated at St. Mary’s College in Baltimore, Maryland. Educated in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Relocated to California in 1849 as part of the “East Tennessee Gold Mining Company”. Worked in the San Francisco post office. Relocated to Virginia in 1851. Admitted to the bar in 1854. Member of the Democratic Party. Moved to New York City in 1860. Attorney in New York City from 1860 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Peter Ross, A History of Long Island: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. 2(Long Island: Lewis Publishing Company, 1902), 467-68; KYR-0001-007-0399. James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

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.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "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 – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. New York P001007 Categories: Places

State in the northeast United States. Capital at Albany. Located on the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

42.6526, -73.7562 Alan K. Campbell and Paul Joseph Scudlere, "New York," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-state. "Albany, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 22, 2017, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. New York, New York County, New York 1865-03-06 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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EDWARD F. DE SELDING, Attorney and Counselor at Law, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS for most of the STATES, No. 39 WILLIAM STREET. 1 Park Place New York, March 6th 1865 James R. Page Esqr Asst: Secy of State of Ky: Dear Sir

Your favor of the 9th January was received at my office during my absence from the City, and mislaid by my Clerk- in consequence of which I did not get it 'till this morning.

I hasten to comply with the requirement named, by inclosing the State tax, Five dollars and would respectfully request that the commission may be dated March 4th for the reason that inadvertently, on that day I took the acknowledgment of a party to a Power of attorney as Comr for Ky:

Soliciting your kind attention to this I am, Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt Edwd F. deSelding

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Comr Deeds New York E. F. EdDe Selding apptd & comd10th Mch 1865