Alexander Clay Semple

Birth Date

1835-02-24

Death Date

1904-12-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native. Son of Alexander B. Semple. Married to Sarah Slaughter Semple on May, 13, 1858. Father of Hattie M. Semple, George Castleman Semple, and Lily Semple. Resident of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Served as a captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Kentucky from September 29, 1862, to March 18, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 161B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville 5th Ward, p. 551B.
“Erysipelas: Causes death of Alexander C. Semple,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), December 31, 1904, p. 12.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 80.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 961.
"Alexander C. Semple (1835-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #150082990, accessed December 7, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150082990.

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