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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-017-0032 MG3-381

Hamilton County, Ohio Joseph Abraham (Cincinnati Atto.) N00001875 1817-12-06 1894-09-02 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and notary. England native. Married Sarah DeYoung Abraham in 1841. Father of John Abraham, Victor Abraham, Fanny Abraham, and Samuel Abraham. Employed Mary Liston and Mary Hastings as servants in Cincinnati in 1860. Attorney in Cincinnati in 1860 and 1863. Notary public for Hamilton County, Ohio in 1860 and 1863. Member of the Independent Order of B'Nai B'rith. Member of K. K. Bene Israel synagogue in Cincinnati.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, 6th Ward Cincinnati, p. 15; Williams' Cincinnati Directory: City Guide and Business Mirror, for Year Commencing June, 1863 (Cincinnati: Williams & Company, 1863), 41. Find A Grave, "Joseph Abraham (1817 - 1894)," Memorial #154680388, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154680388 (accessed Aug. 21, 2017); Charles Theodore Greve, Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, vol. II (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, 1904), 462-63. Hiram Powers (Cincinnati Atto. -- Not the sculptor) N00001876 1835? 1867 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and notary. Ohio native. Son of John S. Powers and Jane Powers. Law student in Cincinnati in 1860. Notary public for Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1860. Attorney in Cincinnati in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Joseph Abraham (Cincinnati Atto.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, 15th Ward Cincinnati, p. 62; Williams' Cincinnati Directory: City Guide and Business Mirror, for Year Commencing June, 1863 (Cincinnati: Williams & Company, 1863), 284. _Find A Grave, "Hiram Powers ( - 1867)," Memorial #79017122, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79017122 (accessed Aug. 21, 2017). Ohio P001036 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Columbus. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

39.9612, -82.9988 "Columbus, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeff Wallenfeldt, Francis R. Aumann, and George W. Knepper, "Ohio," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state. Hamilton County, Ohio P00001873 Categories: Places

County in southwestern Ohio. Seat at Cincinnati. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1955, -84.5428 Jennifer Herman, Ohio Encyclopedia (Somerset Publishers, Inc., 2002), 410. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Hamilton County, Ohio," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on July 30, 2020). 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. Hamilton County, Ohio 1860-12-03 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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State of Ohio

Hamilton County } S.S.

Joseph Abraham, being duly sworn, says that he will ^well^ and truly execute and perform all and singular the duties that may devolve upon or be required of him as Commissioner for the State of Kentucky within and for the State of Ohio.

Joseph Abraham

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence by the said Joseph Abraham, this 3d day of December AD 1860.

L SEAL LTON COUNTY OHIO

Hiram Powers

Notary Public Hamilton County, Ohio

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Ohio

Oath of JosAdams Abraham Comr of Deeds Filed Dec 5. 1860