I've seen his middle name listed as Milford and Menifee
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Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: 217; Page: 87a Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2021.
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Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Magisterial District 6, Lewis, Kentucky; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1240538 Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2021.
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Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2021.
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Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014 Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2021.
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