Beriah Magoffin Bust

ID: 715
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Although Magoffin's sympathies aligned with the South, he responsibly led the state during his governorship as his constituency desired. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Governor Beriah Magoffin

By Sanders
Historical Marker #786 in Magoffin County commemorates the county being named for Beriah Magoffin, one of Kentucky's Civil War governors. A Harrodsburg lawyer, Magoffin became governor of…