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Charles Ovington (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, moulder, watchman and police officer. )

b. 1831-10-04 d. 1895-02-26

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, moulder. Native of Canada. Son of Charles Ovington and Hanna Webb Ovington. Married to Francis R. Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 24, 1856. Father of Francis “Fannie” Ovington, Margaret Ovington, Carrie Ovington and Harriet Ovington. Moulder in Louisville in 1850. Moulder in Louisville in 1860. Watchman in Louisville in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 302B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 511.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 8.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129, Jefferson County Deaths.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819605.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 12938.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 190.

"Charles S. Ovington (1832-26 Feb 1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 127001661, accessed March 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127001661.

Citation

Ovington, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213715 (November 12, 2026).

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