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Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.
Cincinnati, Ohio, lawyer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of Robert T. Lytle and Elizabeth H. Lytle. Lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1860. Served as Colonel of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) on May 3, 1861. Served as Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers (U.S. A.) in November 29, 1862. Died on September 20, 1863 from wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia.
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Nelson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Spencer County, Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Newman and Susan Prewitt Newman. Married to Marion Olin Newman in Livingston County on May 22, 1847. Father of Susan Newman, Thomas Newman, Richard Newman, William Newman, Mary Newman, and John Newman. Studied law under Martin McHenry in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Began legal practice in Spencer County in 1842. Attorney in Nelson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nelson County in 1850. Attorney in Nelson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860. Judge of Nelson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1868.
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Seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Located on Lake Erie. Located at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.
City in Monroe County, New York. Located at the mouth of the Genesee River. Located on Lake Ontario.
Seat of Nelson County, Kentucky.
Seat of Mercer County, Kentucky.
Seat of Boyle County, Kentucky.
Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
Founded in 1856, following the consolidation of various regional telegraph companies operated by the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Company and the acquisition of Samuel Morse's telegraph patent. Created the first transcontinental telegraph service in the nation. Founder: Ezra Cornell.
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Established in Garrard County, Kentucky in August 1861. Served as a military recruiting camp from 1861 to 1862. Commanded by George H. Thomas. Overtaken by Confederates in 1862. Replaced by Camp Nelson in 1863.
NO. 1.] TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION.
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
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