Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Paducah, Kentucky, mayor. Nashville, Tennessee, native. Son of John Sauner and Eliza Sauner. Married to Phoebe E. Sauner. Father of Eliza Sauner. Resident of Paducah, Kentucky, in 1836. Deputy sheriff of McCracken County. Elected sheriff of McCracken County. Coffee house keeper in Paducah in 1850. Elected mayor of Paducah in 1859. Mayor of Paducah from 1859 to 1863. Employed Eliza Crowford as a servant in Paducah in 1860. Employed John McCarty as a laborer in Paducah in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Fred G. Neuman, Paducahans in History (Paducah: Young Printing Company, 1922), p. 101-102.

Find A Grave, "John W. Sauner (May 31, 1824-May 17, 1890)," Memorial #84372722, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84372722 (accessed June 12, 2017).

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 886.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 302.

Citation

Sauner, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206047 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Woolfolk et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-08-22

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