Person

William Gower (Hopkins County, Ky, farmer )

b. 1811?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Evaline Simons Gower in Todd County, Kentucky, on May 23, 1837. Father of Robert Gower, George W. Gower, Sarah E. Gower, William Gower, Russell Gower, Martha Gower, Susan Gower, Agnes P. Gower, Joel Gower, Mary Gower, and Catherine Gower. Resident of Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 63A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 639-40.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Todd County Marriages, Film #000367186, p. 128.

Citation

Gower, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209037 (November 12, 2026).

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