Posted by Lois Owens Willett <loisw@Mexia.com> on
Tue, 13 Oct 1998
Surnames: Beene, Owens, Williamson, Stephens, Rambo, Gregory, Willett
| Martin Owen was born in 1815 in Tenn. He married Zina Hollinsworth in
Wilson Cty, Tenn in 1835. They had children William Thomas Owen (1837),
Leander Owen (1839), Benjamin R. Owen (1841) Phoebe C. Owen (1843), Anna
J. Owen (1844), Soloman G. Owen (1845), Mary Frances Owen (1847), Nancy
Elizabeth Owen (1849) James Martin Monroe Owen (1850). Linez Owen was
born in 1853 in Missouri, but it is uncertain whether her mother was
Zina or Martin's second wife Elizabeth who was the mother of the
following children: Keziah J. Owen 1857), Franklin A. Owens (1859),
Jacob D. Owens (1861), George W. Owens (1864) and Moses Owens (1870).
Note the "s" began appearing with the Owen name after Martin moved to
Freestone Cty, TX. Most of these children married and lived in Limestone
or Freestone Cty, TX. William Thomas Owens married Nancy Mariah Williamson Oct. 19, 1876 in Freestone Cty, TX. Their children were Ila Bell Owens (1878), John Calvin Owens (1880), James Martin Owens (1882), Florence Owens (1885) and Eugene Owens (1884) John Calvin Owens married Laura Elizabeth Beene on Jan. 4, 1903. Their children were Mallie Eilene Owens (1904), William Houston Owens (1906), Guy Leslie Owens (1908), Marvin Owens (1910), Erve Adrein Owens (1912), Bernice Alyne Owens (1915), Emma Ernestine Owens (1919), J. C. Owens (1922), Ruby Estelle Owens (1924), and Thomas Davidson Owens (1928). |