Person

Grandison W. Owen (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1816-02-22 d. 1880-08-14

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret A. Coleman Owen. Father of Spilsbee C. Owen, Anna Owen, Carter B. Owen, Florence Owen, Kate Owen, Lee Owen, and Maggie Owen. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 31B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 250.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 137A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.

"Grandison W. Owen (1816-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 129148350, accessed August 16, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129148350.

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Owen, Grandison W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206184 (November 12, 2026).

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