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  True, Clinton Jones

  b. 1834? d. 1888-12-27

  Washington County, Minnesota, fruit catcher and Kentucky soldier. New York native. Son of Caleb True and Mary True. Married to Adelia B. True. Father of Hellen L. True. Student in Racine County, Wisconsin, in 1850. Fruit catcher in Washington County, Minnesota, in 1860. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from June 18, 1863, to December 30, 1864. Served in the 53rd Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from April 17, 1865.

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  Taylor, Napoleon B.

  b. 1830?

  Cumberland, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Vincent Taylor and Francis Taylor. Married to Elizabeth Clark Taylor. Father of Josephine Taylor Pursley. Resident in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Resident in Cumberland County in 1860. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1860.

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  Taylor, Vincent

  b. 1786?

  Cumberland, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Francis Taylor. Father of Granville Taylor, N. B. Taylor, Martha Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, James N. Taylor, Josephine Taylor. Sheriff in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1844. Farmer in Cumberland County in 1850. Employed James Harney in Cumberland County in 1850. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Farmer in Cumberland County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1860.

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  Cheek, James H.

  b. 1809-02-20 d. 1885-04-28

  Cumberland County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Agnes Bledsoe Cheek. Father of Elizabeth Cheek, Joel Cheek, Hiram M. Cheek, John Cheek, and Thomas Cheek. Guardian of Annea O. Howard. Physician in Cumberland County in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Physician in Cumberland County in 1860. Employed Tompkins Cheek in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860.

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  Owsley William Frances, Sr.

  b. 1813-07-09 d. 1910-03-23

  Cumberland, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and bank cashier. Cumberland, Kentucky, native. Married to Ellen King Owsley. Father of Adie F. Owsley. Married to Mary Agnes Bledsoe Owsley. Father of William Frances Owsley Jr., Laurah S. Owsley, and Lela E. Owsley. Merchant and farmer in Cumberland County in 1850. Employed Clay Taylor in Cumberland County in 1850. Bank cashier in Cumberland County in 1860. Owner of nine enslaved people in 1860.

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  Robinson, A. D.

  b. 1823?

  Cumberland County, Kentucky, grocer. Kentucky native. Married to Dora Ann Robinson. Grocer in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Samuel K. Baker in Cumberland County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons Cumberland in 1850. Grocery keeper in Cumberland County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Cumberland in 1860. Farmer in Cumberland County in 1864.

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  Foster, Charles Warren

  b. 1830-03-21 d. 1904-05-10

  Major and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers (U.S. Army). Massachusetts native. Son of Moses Foster and Mary E. Foster. Veteran of the U.S.-Mexican War. Shoemaker in Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1860. Served as captain and assistant adjutant general of U.S. Volunteers from September 1861, to May 1863. Served as chief of Bureau for Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) from May 22, 1863, to November 1867. Breveted major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of U.S. Volunteers.

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  Wilson, John M.

  b. 1832-03-07 d. 1903-07-21

  Grant County, Kentucky, physician and politician. Pendleton County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Wilson and Zerilda S. Thomas Wilson. Married Nannie Kerr Wilson on May 15, 1860. Father of Corrine Wilson. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1854. Physician in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Secretary for the Union Democratic Party in Grant County in 1863.

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  Harrison, Urial

  b. 1830-11-02 d. 1897-03-11

  Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Mary F. Hume Harrison in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1861. Father of Charles H. Harrison. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved people in Grant County in 1850. Clerk in Grant County in 1860.

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  Porter, Thomas S.

  b. 1828?

  Grant County, Kentucky, schoolteacher and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Merrill Porter. School teacher in Boone County, Kentucky, in 1850. Common school teacher in Grant County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860. School teacher in Grant County in 1863. Postmaster for Williamstown in Grant County from October 20, 1864, to August 5, 1885.

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  McMillen, Joseph

  b. 1811? d. 1864-07-20

  Grant County, Kentucky, overseer and soldier. Kentucky native. Overseer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a blacksmith from September 22, 1862 to July 20, 1864. Captured in Blount County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison, in Sumter County, Georgia. Died at Andersonville Prison on July 20, 1864.

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  Barnett, William H.

  b. 1814?

  Grant County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Nicholson Barnett in Grant County, Kentucky, in April 1835. Father of James O. Barnett, William A. Barnett, Mary A. Barnett, Arrabel "Annie" Barnett, John W. Barnett, George Barnett, and Eliza V. Barnett. Cabinet maker in Grant County in 1850. Carpenter in Grant County in 1860.

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  Linn, William George

  b. 1844-04-07 d. 1906-08-30

  Grant County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Andrew Linn and Adelia Linn. Attended school in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Attended school in Grant County in 1860.

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  Smith, Elias Hubbard

  b. 1872-12-01

  Grant County, Kentucky, clerk, attorney, and politician. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elias Smith and Elizabeth Milzener Smith. Married to Sallie C. O’Hara Smith in Grant County, Kentucky, on July 11, 1850. Father of Helen M. Smith, Lucy R. Smith, Kate Smith, and James W. Smith. Clerk in Grant County in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Clerk in the office of the Grant County Court and Grant Circuit Court from 1847 to 1852. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Deputy clerk of the Kenton Circuit Court from 1852 to 1853. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grant County from 1863 to 1865.

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  Rankin, William S.

  b. 1821-02-24 d. 1874-03-13

  Grant County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Rankin and Gertrude Burgess Rankin. Married to Laura McClure Rankin. Father of Kate Rankin, Rowan Rankin, and John McClure Rankin. Attorney in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Census enumerator in Grant County in 1850. Master of the Grant Masonic Lodge No. 85 in Grant County in 1851. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grant County from 1861 to 1863.

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  Marksbury, Samuel

  b. 1824-01-10 d. 1911-05-05

  Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Marksbury and Sally Jump Marksbury. Married Sarah Jane Reed Marksbury in Grant County, Kentucky, on August 25, 1861. Father of Albert Marksbury. Resident of Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

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  Zinn, Presley T.

  b. 1825-08-25 d. 1914-02-15

  Grant County, Kentucky, bookkeeper, merchant, and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Zinn and Nancy Taylor Zinn. Bookkeeper in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Grant County in 1860. Postmaster for Williamstown in Grant County from July 9, 1861, to October 19, 1864. Merchant in Grant County in 1863.

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  Zinn, John W.

  b. 1839-12-12 d. 1874-08-29

  Grant County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Zinn and Nancy Taylor Zinn. Attended school in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from January 26, 1863 to May 1863. Clerk in Grant County in 1863.

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  Cairns, William H.

  b. 1817?

  Boyd County, Kentucky, manufacturer and soldier. Native of Scotland. Son of Jane Cairns. Manufacturer in Boyd County in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from February 14, 1864, to August 1865.

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  Phillips, John W.

  Harrison County, Kentucky, resident. Fled with the Confederate Army in 1862.

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  Whalin, John

  d. 1858

  Murdered in 1858, a crime for which John W. Phillips was indicted.

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  Yanner, Mary Schmitt

  b. 1824?

  Louisville, Kentucky, seamstress. Native of Prussia. Mother of Anna Schmitt and Henrietta Schmitt. Married to Frederick Yanner. Seamstress in Louisville in 1860.

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  Yanner, Frederick

  Resident of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married to Mary Schmitt Yanner. Stepfather of Anna Smith and Henrietta Smith. Convicted of rape of his step-daughter, Anna, and served four years of ten-year sentence for rape in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Kentucky.

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  Schmitt, Anna

  b. 1846?

  Native of Prussia. Lived with her mother, Mary Yanner, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.

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  Schmitt, Henrietta

  b. 1849?

  Native of Prussia. Lived with her mother, Mary Yanner, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860.