William Oscar Ownby: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	William Oscar Ownby was born Abt 1889 (son of Jonathan Bonaparte Owensby and Sarah Elizabeth Jones). Notes: ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.

Generation: 2

Jonathan Bonaparte Owensby was born 27 Dec 1861 (son of Lorenzo Dow Owensby and Bathena Farrell); died 31 Mar 1938, Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Jonathan married Sarah Elizabeth Jones 8 Feb 1883, Denton County, Texas. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Children:

Isham Dow Ownby was born 1 Feb 1884.
Eddy Ownby was born 1880/1889; died See Notes.
James Levigie Ownby was born 28 Mar 1887.
1. William Oscar Ownby was born Abt 1889.

Generation: 3

Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Amos Ownbey and Mary Aurris Tunas); died 19 Oct 1921.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Lorenzo married Bathena Farrell Abt 1860, Dallas County, Missouri. Bathena died Dec 1861, Dallas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Bathena Farrell died Dec 1861, Dallas County, Missouri.

Notes:

Donald Reagan lists given name as Mary.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Children:

2. Jonathan Bonaparte Owensby was born 27 Dec 1861; died 31 Mar 1938, Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 4

Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.

Other Events:

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Notes:

Amos Ownby seems to have been very restless ... he moved many times. In 1845
they left Sevier County, Tennessee for North Carolina, from North Carolina to
Walker County, Georgia, then to Fulton County, Arkansas. Here in Fulton
County, Arkansas, Amos Ownby served as a sheriff for a brief time. Later they
moved to Reynolds County, Missouri.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
13.

Amos married Mary Aurris Tunas Abt 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy) was born 1809, , Georgia; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Mary Aurris Tunas was born 1809, , Georgia (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy); was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
13.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.

Children:

Martha Ownby was born 1833, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1850; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
Eli Ownby was born 1835, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1852; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
4. Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Oct 1921.
James Willis Ownby was born 10 May 1839, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1907; was buried Lockney, Floyd, Texas.
Hardy Edward Ownby was born 1841, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
West Walker Ownby was born 1843, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1861/1865.
Mary Elizabeth Ownby was born 1844, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois.
Clarissa Ownby was born 6 Nov 1846, , North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1889; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.
Nancy Isabell Ownby was born 1849.
John Hills Ownby was born 29 Apr 1852; died 16 Oct 1865, , Reynolds, Missouri.