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Jesse Owens 1775–1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1775

Birth Location: Stokes, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 16 Nov 1840

Death Location: St Claire, Alabama, United States

Father: Mosby Owens

Mother: Elizabeth Gooch

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Jesse Owens was born in 1775 in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, the child of Mosby Owens And Elizabeth Gooch. Jesse Owens passed away in 1840 in St Claire, Alabama, United States.

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Biography

  • Jesse Owens was born in 1775 in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, the child of Mosby Owens And Elizabeth Gooch.
  • Jesse Owens passed away in 1840 in St Claire, Alabama, United States.

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Jesse Owens's Ancestors

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Jesse Owens
1775–1840
Birth Place: Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Mosby Owens
1750–1840
Wales
Elizabeth Gooch
1786–1857
North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Thomas Owen
1712–1809
Pentraeth, Anglesey, Wales
Margaret Thomas
1726–1796
John (Clairborn "Jonas" Gooch (5th great) grandfather)
1749–1792
North Carolina, USA
Mary ('Polly') Rice
1757–1830
Craven Co., North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
William Owen
1684–1754
Elizabeth Pryee
1685–1754
Zebulon Rice
1733–1788
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hezekiah Rice
1710–1786

Jesse Owens's Timeline

2 Records

1775
1775
Birth of Jesse Owens in Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Stokes, North Carolina, United States
1840
16 Nov 1840
Age 65
Death of Jesse Owens in St Claire, Alabama, United States
St Claire, Alabama, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Stokes, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1840
    Event Place: St Claire, Alabama, United States

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