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William W. Howes (Rowan County, farmer, attorney, and soldier)

b. 1827?

Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and solider. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Susan Witten Howes on January 18, 1849. Father of Charles Howes and Harvy Howes. Married to Mary Kelly Howes on December 16, 1854. Father of Sarah J. Howes, Purmeld Howes, Amanda Howes, James Howes. Step-father of S. J. Kelly. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Rowan County in 1860. Attorney in October 1863. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia in Johnson County as adjutant from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 107B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, p. 54.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Salyersville, p. 3.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 001912950, p. 200.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 001912950, p. 43.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 894.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau), Ninth Congressional District, KY, October 163, p. 72, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

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Howes, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198126 (November 12, 2026).

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