Bryan Young Owsley (August 19, 1798 – October 27, 1849) was a

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from

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. He was born near

Crab Orchard, Kentucky Crab Orchard is a home rule-class city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 841 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Crab Orchard was near the end of the Logan Trace of ...

and he attended the common schools of

Lincoln County, Kentucky Lincoln County is a county located in south-central Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,275. Its county seat is Stanford. Lincoln County is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Lincoln County— ...

. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and then moved to

Jamestown, Kentucky Jamestown is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Russell County, Kentucky, Russell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the county seat, seat of its county. The population was 1,794 at the 2010 U.S. census. Geography James ...

, where he was the clerk of the circuit court in 1827. Owsley was elected as a Whig to the

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(March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the

Twenty-eighth Congress The 28th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1843 ...

. After leaving Congress, he was a registrar of the United States land office, with residence in

Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the prin ...

1845–1849. He died in Frankfort in 1849. Owsley was a first cousin to Governor

William Owsley William Owsley (March 24, 1782 – December 9, 1862) was an associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was Kentucky Secretary of State ...

; their fathers, Anthony and William respectively, were brothers.''Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society'', 16.47. Frankfort: The Society, 1918, 73.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Owsley, Bryan 1798 births 1849 deaths Politicians from Frankfort, Kentucky People from Lincoln County, Kentucky People from Jamestown, Kentucky Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century American politicians