Oliver Ownbey^{[1, 2]}

1829 - 1916  (87 years)

• Name	Oliver Ownbey
  Born	6 Apr 1829	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 May 1916	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Buried	Cane Creek Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I9636	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	3 May 2009

  
  

  Father	William Owensby,   b. 16 Oct 1787, Tryon County, North Carolina ,   d. Sep 1864, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Martha "Patsy" Lewis,   b. Abt 1808, North Carolina ,   d. 1880  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1826	, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3476	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Harper,   b. 12 Jan 1835, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Oct 1857, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 22 years)
  Married	1852	Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Erastus Marion Ownbey,   b. 20 Jun 1853, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 May 1936, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 82 years) + 2. Mary Miranda Ownbey,   b. 28 Feb 1855, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 May 1924, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F97041	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Cyntha Lanning,   b. 6 Nov 1830,   d. 28 Apr 1907, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Martha C. Ownbey,   b. 5 Oct 1860, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Dec 1927, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 67 years)   2. Amanda R. Ownbey,   b. 12 Dec 1863, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Jul 1934, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 70 years)   3. John Adams Ownbey,   b. 11 Sep 1866, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Sep 1887, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 21 years)   4. William J. Ownbey,   b. 3 Jan 1869, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Nov 1939, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 70 years) + 5. Cornelius U. Ownbey,   b. May 1871, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Jan 1940, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 68 years) + 6. Robert Laffolette Ownbey,   b. 2 Nov 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Sep 1955, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F97042	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Apr 1829 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Died - 29 May 1916 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Buried - - Cane Creek Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Oliver had at least one son and two wives. He lived in Buncombe County, North Carolina near Fairview of Gap Creek. He has several grandchildren living, two of whom are: Charles Ownby, Rt. 6, Ashville, North Carolina Rev. Boyd Ownby, Rt. 1, Fletcher, North Carolina ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 14, 15.

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 191. [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix1@msn.com], 2 May 2009. [S5] 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census, Hannibal, (WWW), 519-760.