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  Ingram, Charles Henry

  b. 1837 d. 1910

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, publisher. Kentucky native. Son of George J. Ingram and Mary M. Ingram. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Publisher and proprietor of The Princeton Bulletin in Caldwell County in 1861.

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  Macklin, John

  b. 1805? d. 1865?

  Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Black Macklin. Father of Emma Macklin, Charles Macklin, Anna Macklin, Stephen Macklin, and Sally Macklin. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

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  Cohorn, George W.

  b. 1840? d. 1907?

  Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860.

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  Cohorn, William H.

  b. 1843-10-07 d. 1917-01-13

  Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Enrolled as a private in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) on July 7, 1862. Deserted on November 12, 1862. Returned in March 1864. Deserted in May 1864.

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  Long, John N.

  b. 1832?

  Scott County, Kentucky, stock trader and provost marshal. Kentucky native. Stock trader in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1860. Provost marshal of Scott County in 1864.

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  Sherman, William Tecumseh

  b. 1820-02-08 d. 1891-02-14

  U.S. Army soldier. Lancaster, Ohio, native. Married to Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman. Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1840. Breveted captain as administrative officer in California during the Mexican-American War. Resigned U.S. Army in 1853. Banker in San Francisco, California, from 1853 to 1857. Attorney in Fort Leavensworth, Kansas. Superintendent and professor of engineering at the Louisiana Seminary for Learning and Military Academy from 1859 to 1861. President of a street car company in St. Louis, Missouri in 1861. Commissioned a colonel of the 13th U.S. infantry in May 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in August 1861. Commander of U.S. forces in Kentucky in October 1861. Served in the Western Theatre in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Promoted to major general in May 1862. Commander of the Army of the Tennessee. Commander of all U.S. forces in the Western Theatre in 1864. Received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's command at Duraham, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. Appointed commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi in June 1865.

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  Yates, Richard

  b. 1815-01-18 d. 1873-11-27

  Morgan County, Illinois, attorney, governor, and legislator. Gallatin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry Yates. Married to Catherine Geers Yates in Morgan County, Illinois, on July 11, 1839. Father of William Yates, Henry Yates, Mary Yates, Catherine Yates, and Richard Yates. Graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1835. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1837. Attorney in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois from 1851 to 1855. Attorney in Morgan County in 1860. Employed Martha Murphy as a servant in Morgan County in 1860. Governor of Illinois from January 14, 1861, to January 16, 1865. Member of the United States Senate from Illinois from 1865 to 1871.

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  Pulliam, Robert

  b. 1843?

  Morgan County, Illinois, resident. Kentucky native. Son of James Pulliam and Jenetta Pulliam. Attended school in Anderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with the murder of James Burns in Morgan County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky from 1864 to 1865. Arrested in Kentucky in 1865. Extradited to Illinois in 1865.

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  Fry, Dewitt Clinton

  b. 1825-10-24 d. 1896

  Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable. New York native. Son of Charles Fry and Matilda Buck Fry. Married to Ermina Cobb Fry. Father of Frederick Fry, Hamilton Fry, D. C. Fry, Hattie Fry, Edward Fry, and Fannie Fry. Resident in Morgantown County, Illinois, in 1850. Constable in Morgan County in 1860. Constable in Morgan County in 1863.

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  Hatch, Ozias Mather

  b. 1814-04-11 d. 1893-03-12

  Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, merchant and politician. Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, native. Son of Reuben Hatch and Lucy Andrews Hatch. Married to Julia Reilly Enos Hatch in 1860. Father of Ozias Mather Hatch, Jr.. Merchant in Pike County, Illinois, from 1836 to 1838. Partner with Solomon McNeil in McNeil & Hatch in Pike County from 1838 to 1841. Clerk of the Pike Circuit Court from 1841 to 1848. Farmer in Pike County in 1850. Member of the Legislature of the State of Illinois from Pike County from 1851 to 1853. Resident of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1860. Republican Party Secretary of State for Illinois from 1856 to 1864.

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  Rankin, Benjamin

  b. 1823-08-23 d. 1911-02-02

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith, superintendent, farmer, tax assessor, and notary public. Westport, Kentucky, native. Son of Ruben Rankin and Sallie Montgomery Rankin. Married to Julia Ann Sidener Rankin in Clark County, Indiana, on March 20, 1849. Father of Andrew Victor Rankin, Emma Rankin, Courtney Rankin, and James A. Rankin. Brass finisher in Louisville until 1840. Blacksmith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Thomas Rankin as a blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1850. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1859. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1860. Assistant tax assessor in Jefferson County in 1862. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Superintendent of the Louisville Gas Company in 1865.

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  Miner, Oren F.

  b. 1837?

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant, notary public, tax assessor, and clerk. New York native. Merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Partner with George W. Robertson in G.W. Robertson and Company booksellers in Jefferson County in 1861. Notary public in Jefferson County in 1862. Assistant tax assessor in Louisville in 1862. Chief clerk of the United States Assessors’ Office in Jefferson County in 1865.

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  Needham, Edgar

  b. 1813-03-19 d. 1873-03-09

  Louisville, Kentucky, marble dealer, tax assessor, and notary public. Native of Sussex, England. Married to Sarah S. Needham. Father of William Needham, John Needham, Charles K. Needham, Fanny Needham, Mary Needham, George S. Needham, Harriett Needham, and Edward Needham. Marble stonecutter in Louisville in 1850. Marble dealer in Louisville in 1860. Commissioned as a notary on November 13, 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1862. United States tax assessor for the Third Collection District of Kentucky in 1863.

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  Beeman, John C.

  b. 1822? d. 1863-08

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, politician and attorney. Kentucky native. Attorney in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1859. Member of the Louisville Common Council from the First Ward in 1860. Attorney in Jefferson County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the city of Louisville from 1861 to 1863.

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  Johnson, Green

  d. 1865

  Also went by alias "Guthry." Murdered John Miller in 1865. Hanged for the crime in 1865.

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  Miller, John S.

  b. 1845-07-02 d. 1865-05-08

  Adair County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Gaither Miller and Dorothy Miller. Farm laborer in Adair County in 1860.

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  Cooper, George B.

  b. 1818? d. 1883?

  Lincoln County, Kentucky, clerk and surveyor. Kentucky native. Married to Susan F. Cooper. Father of Mary B. Cooper, Margaret A. Cooper, Elizabeth B. Cooper, George B. Cooper, Mittie Cooper, John Cooper, Rosamond Cooper, and Archibald Cooper. Clerk in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Surveyor in Lincoln County in 1860.

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  Daugherty, William

  b. 1831 d. 1904

  Lincoln County, Kentucky, wagonmaker. Kentucky native. Son of Jane Daugherty. Married to Mary Shackelford Daugherty in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on March 8, 1853. Father of John F. Daugherty and Mollie Daugherty. Wagonmaker in Lincoln County in 1850. Wagonmaker in Lincoln County in 1860.

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  Riffe, George Chilton

  b. 1802-10-02 d. 1877-09-05

  Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Anderson Riffe. Father of Mary Frances Riffe, James C. Riffe, Emily Riffe, Jesse P. Riffe, Susan H. Riffe, Martha A. Riffe, and Henry Clay Riffe. Married to Elizabeth Weatherford Riffe in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on June 14, 1859. Farmer in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Casey County in 1850. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Casey County in 1860. Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1863 to 1867.

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  Blain, Robert, Jr.

  b. 1818-05-15 d. 1883-01-21

  Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and attorney. Grainger County, Tennessee, native. Married to Catharine R. Hawkins Blain. Father of R.D. Clay Blain, William M. Blain, Fanny Blain, John A. Blain, Elizabeth Blain, and Kate Blain. Representative for Lincoln County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1849 to 1850. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Successful Whig candidate for Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the 23rd Congressional District (Lincoln and Pulaski counties) from 1853 to 1857. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

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  Moss, Thomas E.

  b. 1839-02-14 d. 1905-08-02

  McCracken County, Kentucky, notary public and soldier. Kentucky native. Notary public in McCracken County, Kentucky. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private, sergeant major, adjutant, and first lieutenant from July 5, 1861 to 1865. Wounded and captured at Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Prisoner of war at Fort Donelson, Tennessee on February 16, 1862 to April 10, 1862. Prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, Ohio, from April 10, 1862 to September 1, 1862. Returned to Confederate service in October 1862. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on January 2, 1863. Prisoner of war at Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky on May 2, 1863 to May 8, 1863. Prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, Delaware, on May 8. 1863. Wounded near Atlanta, Georgia, on August 20, 1864.

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  Spears, Noa

  b. 1829-03-07 d. 1897-12-06

  Scott county, Kentucky, farmer, bank clerk, and notary public. Kentucky native. Married to Francis Gano Spears in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1849 Married to Georgia Ann Crockett Spears in Scott County on March 20, 1851. Father of Sue K. Spears and Jacob V. Spears. Married to Mary Chapman Steffee Spears in Scott County on August 9, 1864. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1850. Bank clerk in Scott County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1860. Notary public in Scott County. Bank clerk in Scott County in 1863.

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  McNeal, John

  b. 1817?

  Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and notary public. Pennsylvania native. Married to Cerealia Frazier McNeal in Shelby County, Kentucky, on March 26, 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Notary public in Shelby County, Kentucky.

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  Hughes, Daniel H.

  b. 1833-07-17

  Union County, Kentucky, attorney and notary public. Washington County, Kentucky native. Son of John Reed Hughes and Martha Nantz Hughes. Married to Wright Parker Hughes in Union County, Kentucky, on December 18, 1855. Father of Bettie Hughes, Mattie Hughes, Henry Hughes, and George P. Hughes. Graduated from Central College at Boyle County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1852. Resident of Washington County in 1850. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Washington County in 1850. Attorney Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860. Notary public in Union County.

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  Cunningham, Richard D.

  b. 1830?

  Soldier in U.S. Army. Married to Louisa Wray on January 31, 1865. Enlisted in the 2nd Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) on August 5, 1861 at Cairo, Illinois. Discharged and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery from May 1864 to February 1865.