About Bryan Owsley
Lived 1798 – 1849 (aged 51). Bryan Owsley was an American politician and lawyer.
Bryan Young Owsley (August 19, 1798 – October 27, 1849) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born near Crab Orchard, Kentucky and he attended the common schools of Lincoln County, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and then moved to Jamestown, Kentucky, where he was the clerk of the circuit court in 1827.
Owsley was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress. After leaving Congress, he was a registrar of the United States land office, with residence in Frankfort, Kentucky 1845–1849. He died in Frankfort in 1849.
Owsley was a first cousin to Governor William Owsley; their fathers, Anthony and William respectively, were brothers.
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American politician (1798-1849)
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Bryan Owsley was born on 19 August 1798.
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Bryan Owsley died on 27 October 1849 in Frankfort.
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Bryan Owsley was a politician and lawyer.
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