John W. Niven

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c1833

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1871-12-02

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"John W. Niven" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00021207, (accessed December 27, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, clerk, druggist, and agent. Kentucky native. Son of John W. Niven and Chloe Niven. Clerk in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Druggist in Louisville in 1850. Druggist in Louisville in 1855. Druggist in Louisville in 1858. Druggist in Louisville in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Retired druggist in Louisville in 1861. Agent in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 340A, 362B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 497.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7. p. 285A.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007126: Louisville Books 1-4, Book 3, p. 169.
"To the Public!" Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), June 5, 1855, p. 4.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 463.
Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 131.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 185.

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