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William Morton Owens 1845 – 1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 March 1845

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 27 May 1915

Death Location: Pulaski, Kentucky

Father: Wilson Owens

Mother: Elizabeth Mcqueary

Spouse(s): Susan White, Mary Thompson

Children(s): Elizabeth Owens, William Owens, Odessa Owens, Victor Owens, Mont Owens, Willis Owens, Augusta Owens, Elizabeth Owens, Wade Owens

The story of William Morton Owens began in 1845 in Virginia. In 1850, William Morton Owens resided in Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA. In 1860, William Morton Owens resided in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA. William Morton Owens married Susan White, Mary Ann Thompson, and had children including Elizabeth Owens, William Owens, Odessa Owens, Victor Owens, Mont Owens, Willis Vernon Owens, Augusta Owens, Elizabeth Owens, Wade Hampton Owens. William Morton Owens passed away in 1915 in Pulaski, Kentucky.

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Biography

  • The story of William Morton Owens began in 1845 in Virginia.
  • In 1850, William Morton Owens resided in Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1860, William Morton Owens resided in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.
  • William Morton Owens married Susan White, Mary Ann Thompson, and had children including Elizabeth Owens, William Owens, Odessa Owens, Victor Owens, Mont Owens, Willis Vernon Owens, Augusta Owens, Elizabeth Owens, Wade Hampton Owens.
  • William Morton Owens passed away in 1915 in Pulaski, Kentucky.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wilson Owens
1807 – 1867
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Elizabeth Mcqueary
1813 – 1870
Birth Location: Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Susan White
1872 – 1945
Birth Location: –
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Mary Thompson
1850 –
Birth Location: Rockcastle, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Owens
1871 – 1956
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
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William Owens
1893 – 1936
Birth Location: Plato, Kentucky
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Odessa Owens
1896 – 1980
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Victor Owens
1899 – 1943
Birth Location: –
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Mont Owens
1901 – 1973
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Willis Owens
1904 – 1973
Birth Location: Somerset, Kentucky
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Augusta Owens
1906 – 1986
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Elizabeth Owens
1871 – 1956
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
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Wade Owens
1879 – 1948
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States of America
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William Owens's Ancestors

Self
William Owens
1845 – 1915
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
Wilson 'Wilse' Owens
1807 – 1867
Kentucky
Elizabeth Mcqueary
1813 – 1870
Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Morton ("Martin") OWEN
1787 – 1840
Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Farris
1785 – 1860
Lincoln County, Kentucky
William (“John”) McQueary
1765 – 1832
Appomattox County, Virginia, United States of America
Nancy (Ann) Shepherd
1770 – 1835
Surry, Stokes, North Carolina, United States,
Great-Grandparents
John Macquarrie
1710 – 1797
Miranda Stout
1732 – 1771
Robert Shepherd
1739 – 1817
Sarah Rash
1748 – 1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Macquarrie
1683 – 1755
Jean Inglis
1695 – 1742
Willem Stout
1693 – 1769
Mary HIGGINS
1698 – 1773
George Shepherd
1709 – 1751
Elizabeth Day
1699 –
Joseph Rash
1722 – 1776
Mary Warren
1726 – 1748

William Owens's Descendants

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William (Morton) Owens (5 March 1845 – 27 May 1915) m. Susan White (27 September 1872 – 2 February 1945) m. Mary (Ann) Thompson (Abt 1850 – )
  1. 1. Elizabeth Owens (15 Feb 1871 – 28 Oct 1956) m. Robert (Jefferson) McAlister (30 May 1859 – 22 June 1940)
    1. 1. Lilly (Mae) McAlister (May 1890 – 25 January 1971) m. Charles (Bradford) Lovell (4 August 1882 – 18 April 1957)
      1. 1. Charles (Bradford 'Charlie') Lovell (26 Jul 1912 – 24 June 1971) m. Mary (Frances) Shryock (19 Jun 1916 – 30 Jul 2004)
        1. 1. Charles (Bradford) Lovell (23 Jan 1939 – ) m. Diane (Martha) Hillenmeyer (9 Jan 1941 – )
      2. 2. Francis (Leon 'Frank') Lovell (11 June 1914 – 6 June 1988)
      3. 3. Grace Lovell (17 Sep 1915 – 28 April 1975) m. Lincoln (Vernon) Sharp (8 Dec 1913 – 6 August 1955)
      4. 4. Joseph (Calvin) Lovell (31 October 1919 – 4 July 2001) m. Dorothy (Wilmot) Mountjoy (29 July 1918 – 27 October 2016)
        1. 1. Mountjoy (Joseph) Lovell (15 Nov 1945 – )
        2. 2. Susan (Elaine) Lovell (26 Aug 1948 – )
        3. 3. Dorothy (Ann) Lovell (1 Jun 1955 – )
        4. 4. John (Calvin) Lovell (26 Mar 1958 – ) m. Donna (Ann) Reed (9 Jan 1968 – )
    2. 2. Maude (Esther) McAllister (9 Sep 1891 – 29 November 1921) m. William (Oscar) Holtzclaw (1887 – 1966)
      1. 1. Willene (Rebecca) Holtzclaw (4 October 1913 – 1 October 2003) m. George (Thomas) Peak (20 February 1917 – 15 June 1998)
        1. 1. William (Baylor) Peak (9 Oct 1950 – ) m. Karen (Ann) Huffman (30 Oct 1948 – )
        2. 2. Marjorie Peak (8 Nov 1951 – ) m. Ralph (Oscar) Shadid (16 Jun 1954 – )
      2. 2. Jefferson (Baylor) Holtzclaw (17 Apr 1915 – 14 April 1999) m. Johnetta (L) Sanders (23 December 1917 – 18 February 2015)
      3. 3. Alma (Logan) Holtzclaw (27 August 1916 – 28 October 1993) m. Irvine (Eugene) Waggoner (abt 1917 – ) m. Vernon (P) Noland (21 Mar 1916 – 23 April 1984)
        1. 1. Vernon Noland (1951 – 22 September 1951)
        2. 2. Penny (Glynn) Noland (10 Jan 1953 – ) m. William (Harrison) Gaffney (30 Jun 1951 – )
      4. 4. Virginia (Glynn) Holtzclaw (15 November 1918 – 29 November 2019) m. Eugene (Glen) Cruse (2 Oct 1916 – 14 September 2002)
        1. 1. Jack (Bruce) Cruse (10 Sep 1947 – ) m. Sarah (Carolyn) Hillyard (11 Oct 1947 – )
        2. 2. Jerry (Logan) Cruse (8 Jan 1949 – ) m. John (Herbert) Brock
        3. 3. Jeffrey (Glen) Cruse (16 April 1952 – 10 February 2016)
      5. 5. Gladys (abt 1908 – Abt 1963)
    3. 3. Mary (ElizaBeth) McAllister (20 Dec 1892 – 22 Jul 1955) m. Ambrose (Wesley) Holtzclaw (abt 1894 – )
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Holtzclaw (28 Jul 1915 – 10 Jul 2002) m. Ben (F.) Reeves (4 Feb 1912 – 31 July 1988)
      2. 2. Robert (Wesley) Holtzclaw (30 Jun 1916 – 5 Dec 1988)
      3. 3. Hugh (Sam) Holtzclaw (31 July 1917 – 5 March 1986) m. Bliss (Loraine) Kennedy (14 July 1925 – 4 July 2008)
        1. 1. Beverly (Sue) Holtzclaw (16 Sep 1953 – ) m. Gary (Lynn) Coyle (26 Apr 1950 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Kaye) Holtzclaw
      4. 4. Nancy Holtzclaw (abt 1922 – )
    4. 4. Alza (L) Mcalister (1 December 1895 – 5 December 1981) m. John (Robinson) Young (28 Oct 1896 – Abt 1976)
      1. 1. John (Rice) Young (1 Dec 1922 – 12 Dec 1928)
      2. 2. Martha (Sue) Young (17 Jun 1932 – )
    5. 5. Hazel (Virginia) McAlister (18 Jul 1906 – 2 Sep 1977)
  2. 2. William Owens (27 Aug 1893 – 16 Jun 1936)
  3. 3. Odessa Owens (27 September 1896 – 21 April 1980) m. William (Robert) Smith (19 February 1891 – 19 July 1973)
    1. 1. Bernice Smith (14 Feb 1914 – 2 December 2002) m. Earl (Randall) Poynter (4 Jul 1904 – 19 September 1987)
      1. 1. Robert (Caldwell) Poynter (6 May 1936 – 25 November 2009)
      2. 2. Jana (R.) Poynter (10 Dec 1948 – ) m. William Garms (14 November 1943 – 19 March 2016)
    2. 2. William (Morton) Smith (5 Feb 1916 – 29 Feb 1996) m. Loretta Smith (abt 1930 – )
    3. 3. Hollis (C) Smith (20 April 1918 – 8 November 1992) m. Marie G. m. June Hazel (23 June 1923 – 10 May 2000)
      1. 1. Phyllis (E) Smith (3 November 1940 – 7 August 2018)
      2. 2. Richard (Alan) Smith (21 September 1955 – 13 March 1978)
    4. 4. Wallice Smith (20 May 1921 – 26 Aug 1922)
  4. 4. Victor Owens (2 September 1899 – 23 July 1943)
  5. 5. Mont Owens (3 Aug 1901 – 3 November 1973)
  6. 6. Willis (Vernon) Owens (9 Oct 1904 – 13 Feb 1973) m. Ruby (L) Norton (21 Sep 1909 – 6 Jul 1998)
    1. 1. Dolores (Kathleen) Owens (14 Aug 1929 – 18 Apr 2003)
  7. 7. Augusta Owens (12 June 1906 – 17 December 1986) m. Smith (Gilmore) Latham (9 Jul 1901 – 20 November 1987)
    1. 1. James (Lowell) Latham (1 November 1926 – 13 January 2017)
    2. 2. William (Harold) Latham (7 August 1930 – 5 November 2009)
    3. 3. Dannie (O) Latham (23 Aug 1937 – )
    4. 4. Marilyn (S) Latham (30 Oct 1941 – ) m. Marvin (C.) Carter
  8. 8. Wade (Hampton) Owens (12 September 1879 – 10 September 1948) m. Laura (Bell) Poynter (17 October 1883 – 6 July 1967)
    1. 1. Carl (Morton) Owens (30 Apr 1903 – 10 October 1976) m. Cassie Meece (23 November 1906 – 7 December 1988)
      1. 1. Richard (Shannon) Owens (4 Jun 1925 – 14 Oct 1959)
    2. 2. Cecil (Robert) Owens (5 Dec 1905 – 20 February 1976) m. Birdie (Mae) Lawson (20 February 1905 – 27 August 1943)
    3. 3. Paul (Poynter) Owens (21 Jul 1914 – 3 May 2000) m. Geneva Wilkerson (20 August 1917 – 6 August 2007)
      1. 1. Pauletta (Jane) Owens (29 Oct 1941 – ) m. William (Justin) Hightower (18 May 1942 – 8 January 2005)
        1. 1. Laura (Susanne) Hightower (Mar 1970 – )
        2. 2. Julie Hightower (Mar 1973 – )
      2. 2. Tommy (Hampton) Owens (30 December 1943 – 25 September 2020) m. Katherine Davis
      3. 3. Sue (Anne) Owens (10 Sep 1947 – 21 Jul 2000)

William Owens's Timeline

8 Records

1845
5 March 1845
Birth of William Morton Owens in Virginia
Virginia
1850
1850
Age 5
William Morton Owens resided here in Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1860
1860
Age 15
William Morton Owens resided here in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1870
1870
Age 25
William Morton Owens resided here in District 1, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
District 1, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1880
1880
Age 35
William Morton Owens resided here in Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 55
William Morton Owens resided here in Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
1910
1910
Age 65
William Morton Owens resided here in Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
1915
27 May 1915
Age 70
Death of William Morton Owens in Pulaski, Kentucky
Pulaski, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 March 1845
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Southern District, Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: 217; Page: 171b

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 510; Family History Library Film: 803393

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: District 1, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 6, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: 440; Page: 218A; Enumeration District: 091

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: 549; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1240549

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Dallas, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: T624_500; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0203; FHL microfilm: 1374513

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 May 1915
    Event Place: Pulaski, Kentucky
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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