William J. Thurman

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c1817

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"William J. Thurman" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015172, (accessed May 13, 2024).

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Mason County, Kentucky, cabinet maker, justice of the peace, and postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Ruth Hughey Thurman in Mason County, Kentucky, on February 23, 1842. Father of Mary Thurman, Betty Thurman, John Thurman, and James T. Thurman. Cabinet maker in Mason County in 1860. Justice of the peace of Mason County in 1861. Postmaster at Washington from July 9, 1861, to January 24, 1868. United States postmaster in Mason County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 100.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281843.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Mason County, Kentucky, vol. 28, 125.
_Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States on the Thirteenth September, 1865. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866).
KYR-0001-017-0106.

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