John W. Towery

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1826-01-25

Death Date

1890-04-24

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White

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"John W. Towery" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016555, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elvina Towery. Father of Shelton C. Towery and Jane Towery. Married to Charlotte Lowrey Towery. Father of William Henry Towery, Margaret Towery, Missouri Towery, Rufus Towery, and Tecumseh Towery. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Farmersville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 291A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 146.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Williams Mill, p. 541B.
"John Willis Towery (1826-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18569363, accessed December 2, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18569363.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #17577.

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