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Reuben R. O'Hara (Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer)

b. 1807-08-14 d. 1864-09-10

Lyon County, Kentucky, retail dealer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Lyon O'Hara in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1833. Father of James O'Hara, Laura O'Hara, Mary F. O'Hara, John L. O'Hara, and William E. O'Hara. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Attorney in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Retail dealer in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 125.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 273A.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 1, Lyon County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 4.

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

"Reuben R O'Hara (1807-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 136995922, accessed January 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136995922.

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O'Hara, Reuben R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202013 (November 12, 2026).

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