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Lexington, Kentucky, trader, soldier, and inventor. Lexington, Kentucky, native. Trader with Joseph S. Scott in Lexington in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel and colonel from October 8, 1861, to December 7, 1862. Resigned from service on December 7, 1862. Paymaster General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865. Invented the Triplett & Scott repeating rifle with Lewis Triplett, patented in December 1864.
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Adair County, Kentucky, saddler, dentist, and inventor. Kentucky native. Married to Francis A. Murrel Triplett in Adair County, Kentucky, on November 29, 1844. Father of Eugene Triplett, John F. Triplett, Laura Triplett, James Triplett, Mattie Triplett, Nannie Triplett, and Minney Triplett. Saddler in Adair County in 1850. Dentist in Adair County in 1860. Received U.S. Patent Number 45,361 for the Triplett & Scott repeater carbine on December 6, 1864.
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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.
Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Bush. Father of Berta Bush. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Resident of Louisville in July 1865. Drew up and signed an agreement between himself and the inventors of the Triplett & Scott rifle, on behalf of the McFerran & Menefee commission merchant and cotton factoring firm, in July 1865.
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Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
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Louisville, Kentucky, commission merchants and cotton factor. Described in 1865 as "cotton factors, general com. mers. and dealers in provisions, ball rope and bagging." Entered the business of curing hams in 1863. Advertised as "Commission Merchants, Cotton Factors, and Manufacturer's Agents for the Sale of Bale Rope and Bagging," when relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio, in October 1865. Partner(s): James C. McFerran, John B. McFerran, and Richard J. Menefee.
Commission Merchants, Forwarders & Cotton Factors.
Dear Will
I drop you aline to say to you that labortrouble, which he says he is willing to do, so we parted
Ever Yours