Judge James Harlan

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This file appears in: John Marshall Harlan

Judge James Harlan was the father of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. When James Harlan died in 1863, John Marshall Harlan resigned from the Union army in order to handle his father's business affairs. Portrait courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: John Marshall Harlan

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Historical Marker #1606, located at the Boyle County Courthouse in Danville, commemorates John Marshall Harlan, a Boyle County native, Civil War veteran, and U.S. Supreme Court justice. Born a few…