John McGowan

Birth Date

1834-06-21

Death Date

1880-12-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of William McGowan and Caroline Simpson McGowan. Married to Lucy C. McCarroll McGowan in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1859. Father of Graeme McGowan, Lucy McGowan, and Jesse McGowan. Sadler in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 569.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 407A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 000465564.
Florence Mercy Espy, History and Genealogy of the Espy Family in America, (Madison, IA: Pythian Printing Company, 1905), p. 63.
"John B McGowan (1834-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 114449691, accessed September 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114449691/john-b-mcgowan.

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