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  [Unknown], Russel

  Signed a petition in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1864.

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  Hardin, James D.

  b. 1808 d. 1875

  Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney. Virginia native. Married to Susannah H. Withers Hardin in Anderson County, Kentucky, on May 9, 1843. Father of Thomas H. Hardin, Benjamin Hardin, and Mary Hardin. Attorney in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Attorney in Mercer County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Vice president at the 5th District Congressional Convention of Kentucky, held at Lebanon, Kentucky, on June 7, 1861.

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  Hardin, Charles Alfred

  b. 1836-05-08 d. 1897-07-31

  Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney. Columbia, Kentucky, native. Son of Parker Hardin and Caroline Hardin. Married to Jennie Magoffin Hardin on May 3, 1859. Father of Ebenezer Hardin, Parker E. Hardin, and Charles A. Hardin. Graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1856. Attorney in Georgetown, Missouri, in 1860. Resident of Mercer County in 1863.

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  Riley, William E.

  b. 1821-10-20 d. 1886-07-28

  Washington County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Ann Ewing Riley in Washington County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1846. Father of Mary E. Riley, James Riley, John Riley, Sarah Riley, Ann Riley, and Elizabeth Riley. Graduated from Bacon College in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1841. Attorney in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Washington County in 1850. Attorney in Washington County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Provost marshal in Mercer County in 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from November 10, 1862, to July 18, 1865.

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  Smith, Andrew Jackson

  b. 1815-04-28 d. 1897-01-30

  United States Army career soldier and commander. Berks County, Pennsylvania, native. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. Member of the First U.S. Dragoons from 1838 to 1861. Veteran of the Mexican-American War. Colonel of the 1st California Cavalry in 1861. Brigadier-general of United States Volunteers from March 1862 to May 1864. Major-general of United States Volunteers from May 1864 to 1866. Commander of the Thirteenth Corps and Sixteenth Corps of the United States Army.

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  Ekings, Robert M.

  b. 1839 d. 1896

  Burlington County, New Jersey, machinist and soldier. Native of Scotland. Son of John Eckings and Elizabeth Eckings. Machinist in Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1860. Served in the 23rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from September 13, 1862 to June 27, 1863. Served in the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from September 21, 1863 through December 31, 1865.

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  Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus

  b. 1815-11-29 d. 1882-03-27

  Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier. Charleston, South Carolina, native. Son of Martin Luther Hurlbut and Lydia Bunce Hurlbut. Married to Sophronia R. Hurlbut in 1847. Father of George Hurlbut. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1845. Presidential Elector for the Whigs from Boone County in 1848. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of Illinois from 1859 to 1861. Lawyer in Belvidere, Illinois in 1860. Served in U.S. Volunteers as a brigadier general from May 17, 1861 to Dec. 1862. Served in 16th Corps, Army of the Tennessee (U.S.A.) as a brigadier general from Dec. 1862 to Sept. 1862. Served in the Army of the Gulf (U.S.A.) as a major general from Sept. 1862 to June 1865. Commander of the Department of the Gulf from 1864 to 1865.

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  Poynter, Wiley Taul

  b. 1838-08-14 d. 1896-07-30

  Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry G. Poynter and Ann M. Poynter. Married to Pattie N. Poston Poynter in Clark County on November 24, 1857. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and quartermaster from September 1862 to January 1863. Served as colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General of Kentucky from January 7, 1865 to March 14, 1865. Cashier of the Clark County National Bank in 1865.

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  Doty, James M.

  b. 1822 d. 1897

  Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Mariah Perkins Doty. Father of John P. Doty, Theodore F. Doty, and Mariah "Belle" Doty. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860. Farmer in Barren County in 1864.

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  McFerran, William Rowland

  b. 1794-04-06 d. 1877-05-22

  Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, judge. Kentucky native. Married to Mary B. McFerran. Father of Clarissa N. McFerran, Amanda C. McFerran, Emily C. McFerran, and Zarelda McFerran. Attorney in Barren County in 1850. Judge in Barren County in 1860.

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  Clark, William B.

  b. 1812?

  Simpson County, Kentucky, member of the provisional government convention. Virginia native. Married to Eliza B. Clark. Resident of Simpson County in 1850. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

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  Hindman, Thomas Carmichael

  b. 1828-01-28 d. 1868-09-27

  Phillips County, Arkansas, lawyer, politician, and major general (C.S.A.). Knoxville, Tennessee, native. Son of Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Sr., and Sarah Hindman. Married to Mary Hindman. Father of Susan Hindman, Sally Hindman, Biscoe Hindman, and Thomas Hindman. Resident in Calhoun County, Alabama, in 1832. Resident in Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1841. Graduate of Lawrenceville Classical Institute in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in 1846. Lawyer in Tippah County, Mississippi, from 1851 to 1853. Resident in Phillips County, Arkansas, in 1853. Member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1854 to 1856. Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. Lawyer in Phillips County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Phillips County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a colonel from June 21, 1861, to September 28, 1861. Served in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States as a brigadier general and a major general from September 28, 1861 to April 18, 1862.

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  Wallace, Mark

  b. 1842?

  Mason County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Susan Wallace. Resident of Mason County in 1850. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, quartermaster sergeant, and first lieutenant from August 1863 to October 22, 1864.

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  Bierbower, Frederick H.

  b. 1833 d. 1910

  Maysville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Son of Johnathan A. Bierbower and Lucetta Bierbower. Student in Maysville in 1850. Attorney in Maysville in 1860. Mayor of Maysville in 1862. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain and major from September 1, 1863, to December 30, 1864. Commandant of Camp Nelson from July 18, 1865, to August 23, 1865.

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  Scott, Willoughby Sanford

  b. 1815?

  Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and slave trader. Kentucky native. Married Margaret A. Lindsay Scott. Father of Lucinda Scott, Mary E. Scott, and Louisa Scott. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Slave trader in Paris, Kentucky, in 1860.

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  Parker, George

  b. 1795-07-06 d. 1874-06-28

  Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Married to Lucy Ann Parker. Father of Henrietta Parker, James Parker, Cirilla Parker, Charles E. Parker, George A. Parker, John T. Parker, Amelia C. Parker, William V. Parker, and Lou Parker. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850 and 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in 1860.

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  Williams, George W.

  b. 1801-10-07 d. 1870-01-30

  Bourbon County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Roger Williams and Mary Kerfoot Williams. Married to Winifred Ware Webb Williams in Bourbon County on March 25, 1824. Father of Ben F. Williams, Nancy Williams, Nancy Williams, Winifred Williams, George Ann Williams, Louisa K. Williams, Fanny Conn Williams, and Charles Anna Williams. Graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Studied law under Judge Benjamin Mills and admitted to the bar in Bourbon County. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1829 to 1830, 1836, and 1850. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1846 to 1850. Member of the Whig Party. Bourbon County representative to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1849. Founder and president of the Deposit Bank of Paris in 1851. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Rejected the nomination of the Prohibitionists Party for governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1855. Member of the American ("Know Nothing") Party. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Law partner of John A. Prall in Bourbon County. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860. Member of the Republican Party. President of the first Republican Party State Convention in 1864.

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  Ingels, James W.

  b. 1810-05-06 d. 1887-07-02

  Paris, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Boone Ingels. Married to Amanda Crose Ingels in 1835. Father of Benjamin Ingels, Wilson H. Ingels, Boone Ingels, Ella Ingels, Mary E. Ingels, Alice Ingels, Isabella Ingels, and George A. Ingels. Married to Mary E. Davis Ingels on January 20, 1857. Father of Lizzie Ingels. Relocated to Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1832. Employee of Fosythe & Butler from 1832 to 1834. Resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1850 and 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in 1850 and nine in 1860. His wife, Mary, owned four additional enslaved persons in 1860. Member of the Christian Church in Bourbon County.

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  Talbott, Jesse A.

  Signed a petition in Paris, Kentucky, in 1863.

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  Patten, B. F.

  Signed a petition in Paris, Kentucky, in 1863.

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  Hanson, Richard H.

  b. 1819-03-18 d. 1893

  Bourbon, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Eveline Talbott in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on May 30, 1848. Father of Charles L. Hanson and Richard H. Hanson. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860.

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  Oldham, Uriah W.

  Oldham County, Kentucky, teacher, merchant, and soldier. Oldham County, Kentucky native. Son of James Oldham and Martha Oldham. Married to Mary J. Conway Oldham in Carroll County, Kentucky, on Nov. 10, 1859. Father of James B. Oldham and Mary C. Oldham. Teacher in Oldham County in 1850. Merchant in Oldham County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and adjutant from August 1, 1862 to September 11, 1863.

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  Mallory, Robert

  b. 1815-11-15 d. 1885-08-11

  Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician. Virginia native. Married to Matlida Mallory. Father of Elizabeth Mallory, Robert Mallory, Jr., Matilda Mallory, and Fannie Mallory. Attended the University of Virginia. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1837. Attorney in New Castle, Kentucky. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the Seventh Congressional District of Kentucky from 1859 to 1863. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the Fifth Congressional District of Kentucky from 1863 to 1865.

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  Myers, Sarah Ann Hord

  b. 1807-03-23 d. 1873-12-29

  Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to David Myers. Resident of Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860.

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  Hays, Daniel S.

  b. 1796? d. 1872-12-14

  Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and notary public. Virginia native. Married to Jane Hays on January 24, 1826. Father of John W. Hays, Mary L. Hays, Martha J. Hays, Henry Clay Hays, James D. Hays, Victoria Hays, and Daniel S. Hays, Jr. Corporal in Captain George McAfee's Company of Kentucky Militia in the War of 1812 from November 1814 to May 1815. Christian County Justice of the Peace. Christian County sheriff from 1847 to 1849. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Attorney in Christian County in 1850 and 1860. Served as a notary public for the Commonwealth of Kentucky at-large in 1865.