Charles Slaughter MOREHEAD\Margaret LEAVY (MRIN:047)

Charles Slaughter MOREHEAD (RIN: 078), son of Charles MOREHEAD and Margaret SLAUGHTER , was born July 07,1802 in Near Bardstown, Nelson County, KY. He married Margaret LEAVY September 06, 1831 in Lexington, KY. He died December 21, 1868 in Governor of KY. Margaret LEAVY (RIN: 221).

Children of Charles Slaughter MOREHEAD and Margaret LEAVY are:

1. Amanda MOREHEAD (RIN: 222), b. September 26, 1832

See Samuel Johnson WALKER & Amanda MOREHEAD

Notes for Charles Slaughter MOREHEAD:

Burial reinterred at Frankfort Cemetry, Frankfort, KY, 1878

KY Governor 1855-1859. Born in Nelson County, KY. Lawyer. Lived in
Franklin County. American ("Know-Nothing") political party. Geological
survey completed. Enlarged and improved penitentiary. Began funding an
annual State Fair to encourage agricultural production. Imprisoned for 4
months in 1861 for anti-administration sympathies. (from Kentucky
biographical sketches at http://www.kdla.net/arch/govphoto/govbio2.htm)

Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1828; Kentucky state
attorney general, 1832-38; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th
District, 1847-51; Governor of Kentucky,

Sources for Charles Slaughter MOREHEAD:

Governors of Kentucky 1792 - 1942, 67-69

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