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Christian County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of William McGowan and Caroline Simpson McGowan. Married to Lucy C. McCarroll McGowan in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1859. Father of Graeme McGowan, Lucy McGowan, and Jesse McGowan. Sadler in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 569.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 407A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 000465564.

Florence Mercy Espy, History and Genealogy of the Espy Family in America, (Madison, IA: Pythian Printing Company, 1905), p. 63.

"John B McGowan (1834-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 114449691, accessed September 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114449691/john-b-mcgowan.

Citation

McGowan, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201681 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
E. H. Hopper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-23

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