Benjamin George Owen^[1]

1832 - 1890  (57 years)

• Name	Benjamin George Owen
  Born	29 Aug 1832	Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Aug 1890	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I36024	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	George C. Owen,   b. 12 Jun 1812, Fentress County, Tennessee
  Mother	Tabitha Caroline Cherry,   b. 1815, Tennessee
  Family ID	F13151	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lucretia Annie Oakley,   b. 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Jan 1945  (Age 92 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1874
  Children	+ 1. Marietta Valeria Owens,   b. 9 Sep 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Jun 1960  (Age 83 years) + 2. Donald Juan Owen,   b. 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jul 1935  (Age 57 years)   3. Rosa L. Owen,   b. 1880,   d. 1901  (Age 21 years)   4. George W. Owen,   b. 1882   5. Grover Cleveland Owen,   b. 1884,   d. 1916  (Age 32 years) + 6. Benjamin Gaines Owen,   b. 9 Jan 1886, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Mar 1963  (Age 77 years)   7. Isham L. Owen,   b. 1888,   d. 1892  (Age 4 years)   8. Beulah Lee Owen,   b. 1890
  Family ID	F13126	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 5 Aug 1890 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Bengimin G. Owen was buried in the family cemetery on the little knoll behind a frame house - the last house on the left of the old Ork Bank Road just before the site of the crossing of Dunn's Creek. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 227, 236.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Deborah Osment [deborahosment@yahoo.com], 2 Jun 2009. [S92] Cocke County, Tennessee Census, 303C, 1880. Census Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 303C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace B. G. OWEN Self M M W 47 IL Occ: Lawyer Fa: TN Mo: TN Anna OWEN Wife F M W 25 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: VA Mary OWEN Dau F S W 3 TN Fa: IL Mo: TN John J. OWEN Son M S W 1 TN Fa: IL Mo: TN [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 419.