Person

William Wason (Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and grocery store owner.)

b. 1801 d. 1863

Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and grocery store owner. Pennsylvania native. Married to Frances J. P. Wason. Guardian of Samuella Reno and Sarah “Sally” Frances Hawley. Merchant in Kenton County in 1850. Employed Jerry Marsh as a clerk in 1850. Grocery store owner in Kenton County in 1860. A foreman of the jury on the case of William Nichols.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 3, p. 254B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 6, p. 825.

Williams' Cincinnati Directory City Guide and Business Mirror, Together with Directories of the Cities of Covington and Newport, KY., for 1861 (Cincinnati: C.S. Williams, 1861), 446.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Film 7017514: All Counties, Kenton County Deaths, File #1151, p. 217 of microfilm (Sarah Frances Youtsey).

Find A Grave, "William Wason (1801-1863)," Memorial 143409326, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143409326 (accessed March 24, 2020).

Find A Grave, "Frances J Wason (1810-1898)," Memorial 143409820,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143409820/frances-j-wason (accessed March 24, 2020).

KYR-0001-020-1453.

Citation

Wason, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202783 (November 12, 2026).

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