Bland Ballard Elston

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1831

Death Date

1915-10-14

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White

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"Bland Ballard Elston" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002089, (accessed April 19, 2025).

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Carroll County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Marries to Lydia A. Elston. Father of Lena A. Elston, Ella Elston, Elizabeth Elston, and Frances H. Elston. Postmaster of Prestonville, Kentucky, from 1858 to 1859. Farmer in Carroll County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Carroll County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 40; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Prestonville, Carroll County, KY, P. 502 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Bland Ballard Elston (1831-1915)," Memorial #16284266, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16284266&ref=acom (accessed March 10, 2017).

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