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  Jackman, Benjamin

  b. 1802?

  Nelson County, Kentucky, machinist. Pennsylvania native. Married Elizabeth Knox. Father of James Jackman, Josiah Jackman, John Jackman, Elizabeth Jackman, and William Jackman. Machinist in Nelson County in 1860.

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  Jackman, James R.

  b. 1830?

  Nelson County, Kentucky, book keeper. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin Jackman and Elizabeth Jackman. Book Keeper in Nelson County in 1860.

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  Campbell, Samuel C.

  b. 1807? d. 1878?

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa C. Howard Campbell in Christian County, Kentucky, on March 11, 1847. Father of Samuel F. Campbell, James M. Campbell, America Campbell, William Campbell, and Martha Campbell. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

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  Wadlington, Mary A. J. Cartwright

  b. 1815?

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, governess. Kentucky native. Married to James A. Cartwright. Married to Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Mother of Thomas Wadlington, Mary Wadlington, and Ann Wadlington. Resident of Caldwell County in 1850. Employed Lewis Brown as a farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Family governess in Princeton in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons (including Jourdan and John) in Caldwell County in 1860.

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  Talbott, William S.

  b. 1797? d. 1875-10-05

  Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge. Kentucky native. Married to Sally B. Jacobs Talbott in Christian County, Kentucky, on December 16, 1822. Father of John C. Talbott and Henry Talbott. Married to Eliza Finley Talbott in Christian County on October 25, 1836. Father of Catharine E. Talbott. Resident in Christian County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1830. Engaged in manufacture and trades in Christian County in 1840. Owned four enslaved persons in Christian County in 1840. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Police judge in Caldwell County in 1860.

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  McGrorty, A. Scott

  b. 1820 d. 1915

  Boyle County, Kentucky, druggist. Native of Ireland. Married to Rosa B. Yeiser McGrorty. Father of Mary J. McGrorty, Rosa E. McGrorty, Alex Scott McGrorty, Lucy B. McGrorty, Alice McGrorty, and Clara McGrorty. Druggist in Boyle County in 1850. Employed William M. Stout as a druggist in Boyle County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Druggist in Boyle County in 1860. Employed Thomas M. Green as a clerk in Boyle County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Household owned one additional enslaved person in Boyle County in 1860.

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  Burton, Arthur M.

  b. 1829 d. 1898

  Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, student and attorney. Delaware native. Son of Sarah Burton. Attended school in Philadelphia in 1850. Attorney in Philadelphia in 1860.

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  Boyd, William

  McCracken County, Kentucky, resident.

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  Small, Braxton

  b. 1798? d. 1868-08-02

  Paducah, Kentucky, county court clerk and circuit court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Grace Waterson Small on March 1, 1831. Father of Adelaide Small, J. C. Small, and Madora Small. Clerk of the McCracken County Court from 1831 to 1854. Clerk of the McCracken Circuit Court from 1831 to 1865. Treasurer of the Exchange Bank of Paducah in 1837. Manager of the Paducah Male and Female Academy in 1839.

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  Grundy, George B.

  b. 1826-08-05 d. 1863-03-01

  Paducah, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Clerk in Paducah in 1850. Sheriff in Paducah from 1860 to 1861.

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  Goodloe, William C.

  b. 1805-10-07 d. 1870-08-14

  Fayette County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Son of William Goodloe and Susan Woods Goodloe. Married to Almira Owsley Goodloe. Father of Archibald Henry Goodloe and Mary Goodloe. Circuit judge of the 13th Judicial District in Fayette and Madison Counties from 1859 to 1862.

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  Clay, Cassius Marcellus

  b. 1810-10-10 d. 1903-07-23

  Madison County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and soldier (U.S.A.). Madison County, Kentucky, native. Son of Green Clay and Sally Lewis Clay. Married to Mary Jane Warfield Clay. Father of Elisha Warfield Clay, Green Clay, Mary B. Clay, Sally L. Clay, Cassius Clay, Brutus J. Clay, Laura R. Clay, and Ann Clay. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Attended Transylvania University in Fayette County. Graduate of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Madison County from 1835 to 1837. Delegate to the Whig National Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839. Owned eight enslaved persons in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1840. Served in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain from 1811 to 1847. Editor of The True American, an antislavery newspaper, in Lexington from 1845 to 1847. Farmer in Madison County in 1850. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the vice presidency in 1860. Served as minister to Russia, appointed by President Lincoln, from March 28, 1861, to April 1861. Organized Clay's Battalion (U.S.A.) to defend Washington, D.C., in April 1861. Served as minister to Russia to June 1862. Served as major general of volunteers from June 1862 to March 1863. Served as minister to Russia from March 1863.

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  Clay, Green

  b. 1837-12-30 d. 1883-06-21

  Madison County, Kentucky, farmer, secretary of legation, and major (U.S.A). Lexington, Kentucky, native. Son of Cassius Marcellus Clay and Mary Jane Clay. Signed a marriage bone to Cornelia "Cornie" Walker Clay in Madison County, Kentucky, on October 8, 1861. Graduate of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1858. Resident in Lexington in 1840. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Lexington in 1840. Attended school in Madison County in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Secretary of Legation to Cassius Marcellus Clay in 1861. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as major from November 26, 1861, to January 11, 1862.

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  Allen, Bryan H.

  b. 1834? d. 1885-07-16

  Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary H. Allen. Father of Lou Allen and Minnie Allen. Attorney in Lexington in 1860.

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  Moore, Thomas Overton

  b. 1804-04-10 d. 1876-06-25

  Louisiana governor and sugar planter. Sampson County, North Carolina, native. Son of John Moore and Jean Overton Moore. Married to Bethiah Jane Leonard Moore on November 30, 1830. Father of Emma J. Moore. Moved to Rapides Parish, Louisiana, in 1829. Manager of Walter H. Overton's sugar plantation. Owned and operated a sugar plantation in Rapides Parish. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in 1848. Member of the Senate of the State of Louisiana in 1856. Member of the Democratic Party. Employed Green B. McElroy as a manager in Rapides Parish in 1860. Employed John F. Davis and Falkwood Campbell as overseers in Rapides Parish in 1860. Owned 226 enslaved persons in Rapides Parish in 1860. Fourteenth governor of the State of Louisiana from January 23, 1860, to 1864. Forced to relocate the Louisiana capital to Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1862. Under threat of arrest, fled to Havana, Cuba.

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  Brannin, Abraham O.

  b. 1819-11-19 d. 1903-06-30

  Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. Brannin. Father of James R. Brannin, Elizabeth Brannin, Laura Brannin, Owen Brannin, Alice B. Brannin, and Mattie Brannin. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Commission merchant in Louisville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Partner in the firm of Brannin & Summers with John S. Brannin and Edwin H. Summers in Louisville in 1861.

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  Seay, Robert A.

  b. 1827? d. 1891-08-18

  Louisville, Kentucky, saddler, agent, and policeman. Virginia native. Son of Leonard Seay and Lucy Seay. Married to Mary Seay. Father of Rosa Seay, George Seay, Sallie Lou Seay, and Sue Seay. Saddler in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Policeman in Louisville in 1852. Policeman in Louisville in 1860. Employed Bridget Kelly as a domestic worker in Louisville in 1860. Policeman in Louisville in 1861.

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  Rosenbaum, Isaac

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, peddler. Native of Germany. Married to Regina Martz Rosenbaum in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on July 23, 1855. Married to Celia Knorr Rosenbaum in Jefferson County on August 8, 1859. Resident of Jefferson County in 1859. Indicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court - with Henry Bernstein - for receiving stolen goods on May 8, 1860. Peddler in Louisville in 1861.

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  Vaughn, William T.

  b. 1813?

  Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Blackwell Vaughn in Union County, Kentucky, on June 22, 1859. Father of Edmond Vaughn, Ibba Vaughn, Davis J. Vaughn, Elizabeth P. Vaughn, R. H. Vaughn, and James W. Vaughn. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Webster County on February 5, 1861.

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  Shriver, William

  b. 1840?

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, and soldier. Virginia native. Son of William W. Shriver and Caroline Shriver. Student in Ohio County, Virginia, in 1850. Laborer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1861. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from December 1861 to July 1863.

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  Adams, Wiley

  b. 1828-08-12 d. 1902-06-09

  Magoffin County, Kentucky, magistrate and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel Adams and Jane Adams. Married to Melissa Bailey Adams in Magoffin County, Kentucky, on August 15, 1861. Father of Franklin Adams, Harrison Adams, Maude J. Adams, Newton P. Adams, Lucinda Adams, and Jane Adams. Resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Magistrate in Magoffin County in 1860. Charged with adultery in the Floyd Circuit Court in January 1861. Remitted by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from December 10, 1861, to January 31, 1865.

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  Bailey, Melissa

  b. 1833-04-10 d. 1890-02-03

  Magoffin County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Daughter of Wallis and Polly Bailey. Married to Wiley Adams in Magoffin County, Kentucky, on August 15, 1861. Mother of Franklin Adams, Harrison Adams, Maude J. Adams, Newton P. Adams, Lucinda Adams, and Jane Adams. Resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Magoffin County in 1860. Charged with adultery in the Floyd Circuit Court in January 1861. Remitted by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861.

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  Johnson, George W.

  b. 1832 d. 1903

  Louisville, Kentucky, Methodist minister. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eveline Hutchins Johnson in Mason County, Kentucky, on March 19, 1861. Father of Edward S. Johnson. Charged with breach of peace in the Magoffin County Court in 1860. Remitted by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861. Minister in Mason County in 1861. Methodist minister in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain from December 19, 1864, to July 11, 1865. Served in the 13th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment as chaplain from August 18, 1865, to November 18, 1865.

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  Gullet, Asa

  b. 1835?

  Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Son of Nancy Gullet. Married to Louisa Arnett Gullet. Father of Asbury Gullet, Mason Gullet, and Peter E. Gullet. Laborer in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Magoffin County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private. Captured in Morgan County on May 15, 1863. Prisoner of war in Lawrence County from May 15, 1863, to June 6, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, from June 9, 1863, to June 14, 1863. Prisoner of war at Johnson's Island in Ottawa County from June 14, 1863, to November 30, 1863. Prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland, from November 30, 1863, to March 2, 1864.

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  Harris, Robert

  b. 1837?

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, laborer. Missouri native. Laborer in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1858. Convicted of stealing money in the Jefferson Circuit Court in January 1858. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky, from January 27, 1858, to January 26, 1861. Pardoned by Governor Beriah Magoffin on January 26, 1861.