Daniel Rufus Ownbey

b 11 Nov 1856, , Broad River Twp., Buncombe, North Carolina
d 28 Mar 1898, John 'Johny' Ownbey >
bur , , Rutherford, North Carolina Arthur 'Little_Arthur' Ownby Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Porter >
Joshua Ownby b 1772  
| b 1807 Barbara Hill  
Caleb (Caliph) Ownbey  d 1850 b 1776  
|b 1829 |    
|d 1862 Millie Wheeler  
|      
Daniel Rufus Ownbey    
|Sophronia Ownbey-1 +    
|m 02 Sep 1880    
| |    
Kitty Adeline Rhodes  
 b 1835 |    
 d 1910    
   

Children

1 Brisco Albert Ownbey
2 Gemma Maude Ownbey
3 < Andy Rucker Ownbey

Notes

Died of T.B.

Daniel Rufus Ownbey is buried in 'The Old Field's Cemetery' near Bat Cave, Rutherford, North Carolina. His first wife, Saphronia, is also buried there but his second wife, Anty, preferred being buried by her infant son in Stone Mountain churchyard cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina', p 26, 30, 36.


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