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Byron OWENS

Byron OWENS

Male 1848 - 1917  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Byron OWENS 
    Born Sep 1848  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 21 Jun 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I59798  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 

    Father Linsey OWENS,   b. 1813, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1867, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Delila GATRELL,   b. 1822,   d. 1881  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F24738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samantha WEEKLEY,   b. Jan 1846, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1914, Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      Byron Owens, 30, farmer; wife Samantha, 29, unable to read or write; son John, 8; dau Delilah, 4.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Myron (sic) Owens, 51, b. Sep 1848, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Samantha, 54, b. Jan 1846, mother of 7 children (3 still living); dau Delila, 22, b. Aug 1877, single; son John A, 24, b. Jul 1875, married 5 yrs; dau-in-law Rosy A, 19, b. Dec 1880, mother of 2 children (both still living); grandson Fredrick H, 2, b. Sep 1897; granddau Mandy E, 1, b. Mar 1899.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 10 1910:
      Byron Owens, 63, occupation "own income," married 40 yrs; wife Samantha, 65, mother of 7 children (2 still living); son John A, 34, snapper at glass factory, married 13 yrs; dau-in-law Rosa A, 30, mother of 3 children (all still living); grandson Frank H, 12; granddau Elodie, 11; granddau Ruth, 8.
    Children 
     1. John Arnett OWENS,   b. Jul 1875
    +2. Delilah OWENS,   b. 6 Aug 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1935, Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F24742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 122 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045541&Type=Death.
      Byron Owens, white male, widower, laborer, age 68, died Jun 21 1917 in West Union, cause of death dropsy.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 216 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792157&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Byron Owens, single, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Linza & Delila Owens; and Samantha Weekly, single, 29, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Israel & Elizabeth Weekly. Married Jan 7 1877 in Doddridge County.