Lorenzo Dow Owen

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1827-08-09

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1892-10-01

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"Lorenzo Dow Owen" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00010107, (accessed May 10, 2025).

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Henry County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Owen. Father of Linden A. Owen. Appointed U.S. Postmaster in Lockport, Kentucky, on May 25, 1828. Merchant in Henry County in 1860. Sheriff of Henry County in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 308. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Lockport, p. 128B. _Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts for the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861 (Frankfort: Yeomen Office, 1862), 120. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol. 28, p. 96 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Lorenzo Dow Owen (1827-1892)," Memorial # 90820326, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90820326/ (accessed January 14, 2019).

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