Person

John James Towles (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1827 d. 1866

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa Alves Towles in Henderson County, Kentucky, on March 13, 1851. Father of Arthur Towles, Florence Towles, Menna Towles, John J. Towles, Jr., and Stokely Towels. Attended Kenyon Junior Grammar School in Gambier, Knox County, Ohio in 1842. Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, in 1848. Farmer in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Henderson County 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 83.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 144B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson Precinct, p. 80B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film 000576460.

Gambier Catalogue and Calendar, 1842-1843(Gambier, OH: Ackland Press, 1843), 21.

Catalogue of Officers and Students of Union College(Schenectady, NY: Riggs Printer, 1848), 8.

"John James Towles Sr. (1827-1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 83714962, accessed October 24, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83714962.

Citation

Towles, John James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208463 (November 12, 2026).

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