Joseph B. Wasson

Birth Date

c1827

Death Date

1907-03-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Covington, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Wasson and Sarah Hearne Wasson. Married to Sarah “Sallie” Russell Wasson. Father of Mary J. Wasson. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Resident of Covington in 1860. Speculator in Bourbon County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 242B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. (p.25 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 522.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Bourbon County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 248 (p. 497 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on January 2, 2020).
Find A Grave, "Joseph B. Wasson (1827-unknown)," Memorial 106239536, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106239536/joseph-b-wasson (accessed January 2, 2020).
Find A Grave, "Sarah Russell Wasson (1828-1901)," Memorial 140203218, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140203218/sarah-wasson (accessed January 2, 2020).

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