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William Frances Owsley Sr. (Cumberland, Kentucky, bank cashier.)

b. 1813-07-09 d. 1910-03-23

Cumberland, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and bank cashier. Cumberland, Kentucky, native. Married to Ellen King Owsley. Father of Adie F. Owsley. Married to Mary Agnes Bledsoe Owsley. Father of William Frances Owsley Jr., Laurah S. Owsley, and Lela E. Owsley. Merchant and farmer in Cumberland County in 1850. Employed Clay Taylor in Cumberland County in 1850. Bank cashier in Cumberland County in 1860. Owner of nine enslaved people in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 555B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District No. 1, p. 659.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District No. 1, p. 6A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 5A-B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #2140.

"Pioneer Passes Away" The Adair County News (KY), March 11, 1903, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97691530/obituary-for-william-francis-owsley/.

"William Francis Owsley Sr. (1813-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #93860804, accessed March 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93860804.

Citation

Owsley William Frances, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200579 (November 12, 2026).

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