Joseph W. McGowan

Birth Date

1827

Death Date

1896

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler and farmer. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Carolina McGowan. Married to Sally Ann Wood McGowan in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in July 1855. Father of William McGowan. Saddler in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 816.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 26.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 225A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546372, p. 222.
"Joseph William McGowan (1827-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18628303, accessed July 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18628303.

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