James O'Hara

Birth Date

1835-06-29

Death Date

1873-01-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben R. O'Hara and Mary A. Lyon O'Hara. Married to Mary A. Lyon O'Hara. Attended school in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1860. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Merchant in Lyon County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 125.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 273A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 20.
"James O'Hara (1835-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6656627, accessed January 26, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656627.

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