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Hartwell E. Boswell (Covington, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1815-01-23 d. 1890-02-15

Covington, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Boswell. Father of John Boswell, William Boswell, and Elizabeth "Bettie" Boswell. Postmaster of Leesburgh, Harrison County, from July 3, 1841, to March 16, 1843. Grocery keeper in Harrison County in 1850. Merchant in Covington in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 157B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, p. 681.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Grayson-Knott counties (Harrison County), Kentucky, Volume 12A, p. 243 of microfilm.

Find A Grave, "Hart E. Boswell (1815-1890)," Memorial 100461176, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100461176 (accessed March 25, 2020).

Citation

Boswell, Hartwell E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198228 (November 12, 2026).

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