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  Metcalfe, Eli P.

  b. 1820? d. 1904

  Cincinnati, Ohio, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Fannie C. Metcalfe. Father of Rhodale Metcalfe, Fannie Metcalfe, Even Metcalfe, and Allen Metcalfe. Farmer in Hamilton County in 1860. Served as a private and corporal in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) from August 11, 1862, to September 17, 1863.

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  Hickcox, James

  b. 1831?

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attorney. New York native. Married to Adelaid Hickcox. Father of Katherine "Kate" H. Hickcox and Edward Hickcox. Attorney in Milwaukee in 1860. Candidate for the clerkship of the Milwaukee Circuit Court in 1864. Member of the Democratic Party.

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  Churchill, Alexander

  Appears in a letter from George T. Edwards to Beriah Magoffin from Russellville, Kentucky, on February 16, 1861.

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  Edwards, George T.

  b. 1816-05-03 d. 1895-05-03

  Russellville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Connelly Edwards. Married to Mariah L. Allison Edwards in Logan County on December 24, 1862. Father of Presley Edwards, Lucretia Edwards, Mary P. Edwards, Caroline C. Edwards, George B. Edwards, James C. Edwards. Owned eight enslaved persons in Russell County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in 1855. Attorney in Russellville in 1860.

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  Rasure, Clarinda Tackett

  b. 1823

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, sex worker and madam. Ohio native. Married to David Rasure. Mother of Sarah Jane Rasure, Emela Rasure, Amaziah "Sam" Rasure, Amelia Rasure, David Rasure, Jr., George W. Rasure, and Francis M. Rasure. Resident of New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, in 1850. Sex worker and madam in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Held in Gratiot Street Military Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 3, 1864, for counterfeiting.

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  Rasure, Amaziah "Samuel"

  b. 1840? d. 1905-03-30

  Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David Rasure and Clarinda Tackett Rasure (Julia Dean). Resident of Washington County, Indiana, in 1850. Served in 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (later 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery) (U.S.A.) as a private from July 24, 1861, and October 31, 1864. Committed to the Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 7, 1865, for counterfeiting.

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  Rasure, David, Jr.

  b. 1843?

  Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David Rasure and Clarinda Tackett Rasure (Julia Dean). Resident of Floyd County, Indiana, in 1850. Resident of Morgan County, Indiana, in 1861. Served in 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from April 28, 1861 to August 2, 1861. Served in 2nd Indiana Battery Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from August 14, 1861 until discharged by Special Order No. 82. Served in 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from March 31, 1864, to September 12, 1864. Committed to Gratiot Street Military Prison in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 27, 1864. Dishonorably dismissed by Special Order No. 246 for counterfeiting.

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  Rabb, John W.

  b. 1838-08-05 d. 1867-01-13

  Ohio County, Indiana, resident, printer, and soldier. Indiana native. Son of David G. Rabb and Margaret Rabb. Resident of Ohio County, Indiana, in 1850. Printer in Ohio County in 1860. Served in the 7th Indiana Regiment Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain from April 25, 1861 to August 1861. Served in the 2nd Battery Indiana Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a captain from October 10, 1862 to January 21, 1864. Served in the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a major from January 21, 1864, to August 25, 1865.

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  Rasure, George W.

  b. 1846?

  Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of David Rasure and Clarinda Tackett Rasure (Julia Dean). Married to Helena Ehleiter Rasure in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 14, 1863. Reported to have served in 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) in 1862. Served in the 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, (formerly the 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment) (U.S.A.) as a private from March 1, 1864, to June 23, 1864. Reported as a deserted on June 23, 1864.

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  [Unknown], [Unknown]

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, sex worker. Sex worker in Louisville in 1862.

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  [Uknown], [Unknown]

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, brothel operator. Brother operator in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1862.

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  Reidharr, Casper

  b. 1838-03-22 d. 1878

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, shoemaker and steward. Native of Switzerland. Son of Joseph Reidharr and Mary Reidharr. Shoemaker in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Steward in Louisville in 1863.

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  Hall, John

  b. 1841?

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tobacconist. Kentucky native. Son of Kate Hall. Tobacconist in Louisville in 1860.

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  Amon, Lorenz

  b. 1823 d. 1900-09-01

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, baker, grocer, and soldier. Native of Germany. Son of Lorenz Amon and Catharina Amon. Married to Christena Amon. Father of John Amon, Carolina Amon, Louisa Amon, William Amon, and Henry Amon. Baker in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Grocer in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) as a sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from December 24, 1861 to December 31, 1864.

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  Hall, William A.

  b. 1833?

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, coal boatman. Virginia native. Son of Kate Hall. Coal boatman in Louisville in 1860.

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  Hemann, Andrew

  b. 1804?

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant. Native of Hanover. Married to Christina Castin Hemann in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in August 1838. Merchant in Louisville in 1860.

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  Curry, William E.

  b. 1822?

  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, policeman. Kentucky native. Married to Martha "Mary" J. Wright Curry. Father of Edmonia Curry. Policeman in Louisville in 1860.

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  Garrett, J. J.

  b. 1833?

  Ballard County, Kentucky, grocer and soldier. Kentucky native. Grocer in Blandville, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as second sergeant and first lieutenant from September 14, 1861, to 1865. Reported as a prisoner of war in Mississippi in May 1865.

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  Ware, William S.

  b. 1820?

  Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer, hotel keeper, and police judge. Virginia native. Married to Susan E. Ware Ware in Christian County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1842. Father of Georgette Ware, J. Leslie Ware, Walter Ware, and Thompson P. Ware. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Blandville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Blandville in 1860. Police judge in Blandville in 1861.

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  McCahen, James

  b. 1822-06-24 d. 1870-05-19

  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, innkeeper, justice of the peace, and alderman. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth McCahen. Father of Catherine McCahen, Josephine McCahen, Byron McCahen, Margaret McCahen, Joseph McCahen, James McCahen, and John McCahen. Innkeeper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Alderman of the fifth ward in Philadelphia in 1860. Alderman and justice of the peace in Philadelphia in 1861. Alderman and justice of the peace in Philadelphia in 1862.

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  Osborne, John Dunlop

  b. 1816-03-16 d. 1882-09-24

  Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper editor. Virginia native. Married to Harriotte Graves Osborne in Mason County, Kentucky, on October 9, 1851. Father of William J. E. Osborne, Emily G. Osborne, Mary Jane Osborne, Hattie Osborne, and Sallie Osborne. Editor of the Louisville Journal in Louisville in 1860. President of the Western Associated Press in 1865.

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  Ripley, Charles

  b. 1815? d. 1866

  Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Greenfield, Massachusetts, native. Married to Margaret Breckenridge Ripley in Washington, D. C., in 1859. Attorney at Ripley & Thompson in partnership with William K. Thompson in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1861. Elected to the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the 15th Senatorial District in 1856.

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  Wallace, James S.

  b. 1805 d. 1865-02

  Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper editor and theatre manager. New York native. Married to Eliza Wallace in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1840. Father of Charlotte Wallace, Cath Wallace, James Wallace, Nina Wallace, and Henry Wallace. Producer and manager for several stage dramas, in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, including "Westward, Ho!" and "Spy at Washington," in the 1830s. Newspaper editor at the Philadelphia Gazette and the Philadelphia North American in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Editor at the Pennsylvania Miner's Journal in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1838. Editor at the Harrisburg Telegraph in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1840. Editor at the Philadelphia Forum in Philadelphia in 1842. Agent for the Associated Press. Manager of the Louisville Theater in Louisville in 1858. Assistant Editor at the Louisville Journal from 1860 to 1865. Died in Louisville in February 1865.

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  Mallory, Gibson

  b. 1810? d. 1864-07-26

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, planter. Virginia native. Married to Sarah E. Mallory. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1857 to 1859 and from 1863 to 1864. Planter in Jefferson County in 1860. Owned thirty-one enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Member of the Kentucky State Agricultural Society from 1857 to 1864. Director of the Kentucky State Agricultural Society in 1864. Murdered in Jefferson County by a Union soldier on July 27, 1864.

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  Bush, Samuel Stone

  b. 1830 d. 1877

  Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney. Boonesboro, Madison County, Kentucky native. Married to Cornelia Wheat Bush. Father of Samuel Stone Bush. Graduated Bethany College's law course in 1858. Practiced in partnership with Henry C. Shivell.