Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor)

b. 1817 d. 1876-10-11

About

Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker and county jailer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary A. Carner Lowey in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on September 18, 1844. Father of Cordelia Addie Lowey and George M. Lowey. Wagonmaker in Caldwell County in 1850. County jailer in Caldwell County in 1860. County jailer in Caldwell County in 1861.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 280A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 115.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 509A.

"James S. Lowey (1817-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial #196588127, accessed February 17, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196588127.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film #000851644.

KYR-0001-021-0033.

Citation

Lowey, James S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197612 (November 12, 2026).

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Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington, Transcript
1860-12-18
Correspondence
Edward P. Campbell et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-16
Petition
William H. Baley et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-22
Petition
William H. Calvert et al., to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-16

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