James O'Hara, Jr.

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1825-05-06

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1900-08-21

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"James O'Hara, Jr." in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00006449, (accessed May 2, 2024).

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Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney. Owen County, Kentucky, native. Son of James O’Hara, Sr., and Lucy O’Hara. Attended law school at St. Mary’s College in Marion County, Kentucky. Married to Oberia Conn O’Hara. Father of Susannah O’Hara. Attorney in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Attorney in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Covington in 1860. Formed a law partnership with John G. Carlisle from 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 361A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, page 697.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slaves Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, page 2.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 230B.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7012978, Covington Certificates.
H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 757-759.
"James O’Hara (1825-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84402453, accessed September 5, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84402453.

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