Willis Strow (Benton (Marshall Co) merchant)
b. 1804?
Benton, Kentucky, merchant. Orange County, Virginia, native. Son of John Strow and Catherine Walters Strow. Married Catherine Burd Strow. Father of W. W. Strow, J. H. Strow, S. F. Strow, E. J. Strow, Thomas Jefferson Strow, S. A. Strow, Lucinda Strow, Caroline C. Strow, and James W. Strow. Married Mary Carter Sledd Strow. Father of Rosa M. Strow. Merchant in Benton in 1850 and 1860.
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, p. 430 B; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, Benton, p. 1; History and Families, McCracken County, Kentucky, 1824-1989 (Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1989), 248.
Citation
Strow, Willis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203893 (November 12, 2026).
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