Robert Goodpaster

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c1827

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1879-10-25

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"Robert Goodpaster" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00019389, (accessed May 6, 2024).

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Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Goodpaster in Bath County, Kentucky, in October 1849. Father of John Goodpaster, Elizabeth Goodpaster, James Goodpaster, Fountain Goodpaster, and Ruth A. Goodpaster. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from August 16, 1862, to January 18, 1863. Discharged on account of disability on January 18, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Division 2, p. 9A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 166.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Wyoming Precinct, p. 120B.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Wyoming, p. 1.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0079.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Bath County Births.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 000273005.
"Hounded to Death," St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), October 28, 1879, p. 5.

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