Marion-Jefferson County KyArchives Biographies.....Owsley, Virginia June 1 
1835 - unknown
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Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, Volume 5
MRS. VIRGINIA OWSLEY was born June 1, 1835; her grandfather, John Tucker,
was a native of the Old Dominion, was a noted divine of the Methodist
Church, and was one of the pioneer ministers of Kentucky, and he and wife
were murdered at Fort Columbia by the Indians. His family consisted of two
sons and two daughters, among whom was James H., the father of Mrs.
Virginia Owsley. James H. Tucker was born January 15, 1788, and married
Nancy Kennett of Marion County, and to them were born twelve children; of
that number six are living - John H., Elizabeth (Avritt), Rhoda (Yowell),
Dr. James H., Dr. D. C., and Mrs. Virginia Owsley.  Nancy Kennett was born
January 31, 1791, and died March 23, 1856. James H. Tucker during his
lifetime followed the pursuits of the farm. He was a man of undoubted
integrity and sterling worth, and held the esteem of all who knew him, in
token of which he held the office of magistrate in his county for many
years; his death occurred in 1871. Mrs. Virginia Owsley, a nation of Marion
County, has been twice married, first in 1854 to Leonard Taylor. This union
was blessed by the birth of five sons: James H., Albert C., DeWitt C., John
and Leonard. Mr. Taylor died in 1865. He was a farmer, was one of the
landed proprietors of Boyle County, and left a neat fortune to his
children. His father, Henly Taylor, owned a large estate in Marion County,
and was one of its magistrates for many years. He reared a family of twelve
children, of whom one son (John) is the only survivor. Mrs. Virginia's
second marriage took place in 1871, with Lucien C. Owsley, a native of
Alabama, and to this marriage is born one son, William. Mrs. Owsley is the
owner of a neat farm of excellent land lying at the confluence of the north
and south branches of Rolling Fork River in Marion County, where she was
born. She has been a life-long member of the Methodist Church.


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