Person

Edward K. Owsley (Edmonson County Postmaster)

b. 1820?

Edmonson County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and postmaster. Kentucky native. Postmaster for the Mammoth Cave District in Edmonson County from 1862 to 1865. Hotel keeper in Edmonson County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Edmonson County, KY, July 1863, p. 14, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 37, (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Owsley, Edward K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207953 (November 12, 2026).

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