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Washington Gowen (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1798?

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Eliza Gowen. Father of William Gowen, James Gowen, John Gowen, and Henry Gowen. Farmer in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 351B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 131-132.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 292A.

Citation

Gowen, Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209526 (November 12, 2026).

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