Person

W. Talbot Owen (Louisville, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1829-11-03 d. 1892-01-17

Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Claiborne County, Mississippi, native. Son of James Harvey Owen. Married to Sarah E. Hoagland Owen in Carroll County, Kentucky, on November 30, 1855. Father of Carrie Owen. Graduate of the University of Louisville in Louisville in 1844. Graduate of the University of Louisville Medical School in Louisville in 1849. Physician in Claiborne County, Mississippi, in 1850. Physician in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1858 through 1865. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Employed Eliza Atchison and Mary Hansie as servants in Louisville in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Mississippi, Claiborne County, Port Gibson, p. 106B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 667.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 262B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 5, p. 84.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 9940, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 58.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994030, Jefferson County Marriages.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 134.

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

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 470.

William B. Atkinson, The Physicians and Surgeons of he United States, (Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878), p. 354-355.

"Dr. William Talbot Owen (1829-1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial 158203857, accessed November 9, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158203857.

Citation

Owen, W. Talbot. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214729 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as W. Talbot Owen (Louisville, Kentucky, physician). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Owen, W. Talbot. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Owen, W. Talbot, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Owen, W. Talbot, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Owen, W. Talbot.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Owen, W. Talbot and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.