John B. Gowen

Birth Date

1812-07-16

Death Date

1887-01-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and asylum manager. South Carolina native. Married to Fanny Gowen on February 10, 1841. Father of Emma Gowen and Lou Gowen. Merchant in Christian County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Sheriff of Christian County in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 128.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 189.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 42-3.
Find A Grave, "John B. H. Gowen (1812-1887)," Memorial #30656451, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30656451/john-b._h.-gowen (accessed May 2, 2017).
KYR-0001-007-0345.

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