Person

Maslin S. Dowden (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant and city collector)

b. 1836-07-04 d. 1918-02-16

Lexington, Kentucky, merchant and city collector. Son of Edward W. Dowden and Anna Frances Plunkett Dowden. Married to Julia Cannon Dowden in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 15, 1858. Father of Edward W. Dowden and Maslin S. Dowden, Jr. Resident of Lexington in 1850. Merchant in Lexington in 1860. City collector in Lexington in 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington District 1, p. 126A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 404.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 234A.

Find A Grave, "Maslin Smith Dowden (1836-1918)," Memorial #83695740, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83695740/maslin-smith-dowden (accessed July 23, 2021).

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994054, Scott County Marriages, p. 9.

Williams' Lexington City Directory, for 1864-5, (Lexington, KY, 1864), 45.

Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, Missouri, Certificate #5223.

Citation

Dowden, Maslin S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202757 (November 12, 2026).

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