Biography of Lewis and Jane Phillips Harrison Owen, and children, Lowndes, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/bios/lowen.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Rae V. Calvert ================================================================================ August 2002 Excerpts from: ---------------------------- WILLIAM OWEN (1611-1702) AND ELIZABETH DAVIS FROM ENGLAND TO MASSACHUSETTS AND SOME OF THEIR DESCENDANTS By Nadia Rae Venable Calvert ==================================================================== COL. LEWIS6 OWEN (1803-1894) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1503. Col. Lewis6 Owen, son of Lettice Wilson and David5 Owen (William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born 4 October 1803 in Brunswick, ME; died 17 August 1894 in Montgomery, AL. He grew up in Wiscasset, ME, and at 21 (1824), he went on a whaling voyage around the Horn in a ship called "The Martha." He came to Montgomery, AL, in 1830 and established a jewelry store on what is now Monroe Street, first under the name, "L. Owen & Co.," and later, of "Owen & Wright." On 3 June 1835, he married Jane Phillips Harrison, (b.15 April 1815 in Morgan Co., GA; d. 19 April 1893 in Montgomery), the elder of two daughters of Pascal and Elizabeth Phillips Harrison. The 1840 census for Montgomery County, Alabama, showed: Lewis OWENS [sic] 3 males under 5 1 female 20-30 [Jane P. Owen] 1 male 20-30 1 male 30-40 [Lewis Owen] Slaves: 1 male, 10-24 3 females, 10-24 Total persons: 10. In 1841, they bought a lot at 119 Church Street in Montgomery and built a home thereon which was described by a newspaper article as "magnificent" and the "handsome and dignified old building that was for so long one of the landmarks and show places of Montgomery." The parlors of the home were frescoed by noted artists who came from New Orleans especially for the purpose. On April 23, 1841, the Montgomery Advertiser in the first column on the left of its second page with the headline, "Procession in Honor of President of U. S.," mentions Lewis Owen. The article reported that the President was given a great public reception at Colonel Owen's home, and gas lights were first used in a Montgomery home that night. When Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, a Whig in politics and a distant cousin of Col. Owen's, visited Montgomery, on 15 April 1854, he was also welcomed by a reception at Col. Owen's home. In 1847, Col. Owen constructed the Dexter House, which was managed successively by Jacob P. House of Autauga County, a Mr. Sims and William Taylor. The 1850 Montgomery County, Alabama, census showed: OWEN, Lewis, 47, jeweler, property value $23,000; born in Maine; Jane P., 36, born in Georgia; David W., 14, male, born in Alabama; P. H., 11, male, born in Alabama; Joseph, 9, male, born in Alabama; David Tenequen, 16, male, clerk, born in France. On 8 October 1850, Colonel Lewis and Jane Harrison Owen left New York on board the docket ship, "Southhampton," Captain Finker, on a European tour and kept a journal of their trip. The probable reason that the journal ends abruptly is that they had learned by telegraph or mail that their oldest son, David Wilson Owen, born in 1836, who had been attending school in New York City, had died on Saturday, 8 January 1851, while they were in Naples. He retired in 1856 with a fortune. Work on the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad (later part of the Central of Georgia RR) was begun under Col. Owen's management in the year 1860 but was delayed on account of the war and was not completed until the year 1871. He raised $80,000 on his personal note to carry on the work. The building of this road cost him a large part of his fortune. He served as President of the railroad between 1861 and 1871. On April 6, 1860 (the year before the War began), Colonel Owen purchased for $5,300 a lot in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, from Thomas and Mary Skelly. The 1860 Montgomery County, Alabama, census showed at House #1510, Family #1472: OWEN, Lewis, 57, male, gentleman, real estate value $30,000; personal property value $25,000; born ME; Jane, 46, female, born in GA; Paschal H., 23, male, medical doctor, born in AL; Joseph P., 20, male, law student. Col. Lewis Owen was a staunch "union" man when war broke out in 1861, believing it was foolish for the South to secede because it was unconstitutional and defeat would be inevitable. Following the War, he filed a claim with the U. S. Court of Claims for reparations for his property taken in Lowndes County, Alabama, during Wilson's Raid in 1865. In a deposition taken in Montgomery in 1894 in connection with Col. Owen's claim in the Court of Claims in Washington, for property taken during Wilson's Raid in April, 1865, a witness, Isham Batup Stubbs, expressed his opinion of Col. Owen as follows: Well, they all respected him for his enterprise. He did a good deal toward building up the city and creating interest in the town. He built houses, bought lots, sold lots, and did many things to improve the city. I know I bought a lot from him, myself. He was President of the Eufaula Railroad at one time. He was very enterprising. (page 90). The 1870 Montgomery, Alabama, census showed: Owen, Lewis, age 64, President of Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad, born in Maine; " Jane, age 54, at home. In 1873, under "Remarks" in the National Archives record of Col. Owen's Claim are the following statements and conclusions: Mr. Owen is nearly 70 years of age [1873]. He was a prominent & wealthy citizen of Montgomery City, Ala. He is now a planter. During the war he owned a farm partly in Lowndes & partly in Montgomery Co. adjoining a farm belonging to his son & during the war was President of a R. Road in process of construction. Early in 1861 he visited New York on private business & in the summer of the same year visited Cincinnati & returned in about three weeks. The evidence of his loyalty are his own oath that he was opposed to secession, always sympathized with the Union cause & was always ready to aid it -- took no oath to Confederacy -- took Amnesty oath in 1865 -- gave no aid to the Confederacy -- Was notified to appear before a Provost Marshal, kept about 1/2 an hour & allowed to go -- contributed to assist some Union prisoners from Andersonville -- Loaned about $50 to a Capt. Clark - a western man & about the same amount to some of his friends when they were leaving Montgomery (they were prisoners) with one Glascock purchased & erected a gravestone over the grave of a Capt. Blair a Union officer who was murdered by his guard. -- From his own statements the following facts also appear: His son was in the Confederate army; to get him out he furnished a substitute - frequently sent this son while in the army clothing & food (as a parent, he says) -- 'had some interest in two or three vessels blockade running out of Mobile. I was only interested in their cargoes - in the trip both exporting & importing for profit. I never had more than $500 or $1000 in any one vessel.' He says this stock came into his hands as administrator of his brother-in-law & adds 'and I took it & continued to let it run' -- Some property was taken from him & appraised by the Confederates in the usual manner & he was paid for it -- During the last year of the war he sent to Judge Joe A. Campbell at Richmond for a pass to go through the lines intending to visit his friends in the North. Judge Campbell knew him well & the pass was sent to him but was not used. Two witnesses are called to prove loyalty: Israel Roberts & David H. Carter, prominent citizens of Montgomery. They both testify strongly but generally to Mr. Owen's loyalty. They say he was outspoken in his Unionism, denounced the Confederacy, a thoroughgoing Union man & sympathized with the Union cause. They both conversed with him & knew his sentiments -- that his loyalty was never questioned by the loyal people of Montgomery. He cursed the Confederacy both privately & publicly -- was outspoken in his sentiments -- They allude to his arrest as mentioned by Owen himself. Such is the substance of all the testimony relating to loyalty -- It is impossible to believe that Mr. Owen was an outspoken Union man & denounced the Confederacy openly in the City of Montgomery. he could not have escaped arrest & yet he swears he was never threatened by any responsible party & was never molested or injured on account of his Union sentiments. There is no evidence that the Confederates regarded him as a Union man. The inferences are all the other way -- Judge Campbell would not have sent a pass to a Union man to go north at a critical period of the war. His interest in vessels running the blockade & in cargoes smuggled into the Confederacy is evidence of disloyalty. For this reason the claim must be disallowed. It is noticeable that Mr. Owen does not answer the question whether he was pardoned by the President. Perhaps it was inadvertently omitted. The property was all taken from the farm of the claimant's son who was in the Confederate army. This son says it was his father's property. The claimant says nothing about owning the property. Had we found Mr. Owen loyal we should have required further proof of title to the property taken. (No. 17326 - Claim of Lewis Owen of Montgomery County, in the State of Alabama). When Lewis E. Parsons was appointed provisional governor of Alabama after the War, he remarked in the presence of a number of friends that he was a governor without money to run the government. Colonel Owen immediately raised $40,000 upon his personal responsibility and tided the State over this period of reconstruction. The 1880 Montgomery County census lists Col. Lewis Owen and Mrs. J. P. Owen as living at a boarding house managed by Sarah Pickett, but the boarding house was actually owned by them, as shown by Jane P. Owen's Will in 1888. Appearing in the Montgomery Advertiser on 4 March 1881, was the following notice: "Col. Lewis Owen is the man who'll superintend the building plan of the new postoffice here. To those who hope the start is near, he says no word comes from Washington as to when the work will be begun. But he offers some relief by expressing the belief that winin a few weeks' space, start of construction will take place." On 12 December 1892, Col. Owen wrote to his attorney in Washington: "Wm. H. Beck, Esq. Dear Sir, Yours of the 9th to Dr. P. H. Owen is rec'd. You say that the records show that I paid for Bonds $4100 April 1864. I never bought a Confederate Bond in my life. Also, Subscription to Produce Loan. I never made a subscription to any Confederate Loan. I was President of the Montgomery & Eufaula R. Road and not of the Garard R R. About the time these transactions are said to be made there was a man in Montgomery by the name of Lewis Owen. One or two of his letters were sent to me from the post office but I know nothing of him. I will endeavor to find out something about him. In a former letter to my son, Dr. P. H. O, you mentioned that an officer of the Govt would be here and would take testimony in this case. I have been anxiously looking for this person and feel confident that I can give the most ample proof of my loyalty by persons of the strictest integrity although it has been about 30 years. I would be glad to know when to expect this commissioner. Please let us hear from you on this point. Yours truly, L. Owen You are no doubt aware that almost all the business done in the Confederacy during the war was done in Confederate money. At the outset of the war, I had a large property in real estate in this city and the country but not a dollar in money. I had large assessments to pay in taxes, etc., and of course paid it in the only money in circulation. I was obliged to sell property to live on. The commissioner said I could not have lived during the war in Montgomery if I was the Union man professed to be. I had lived in this city more than 30 years, had done more than any other man towards its prosperity but perhaps this would not have saved me from the mob if it had not been for my social standing. I married my wife here. My children were born here. My wife was the niece of Judge R. Saffold, Chief Justice of Alabama. Govr. Fitzpatrick and U. S. Senator was my wife's cousin and I know I had the respect of the most influential men in this community. With this showing, do you think I ought to have run away? L. O." On 16 January 1893, Col. Owen wrote to his attorney, W. H. Beck, in Washington: "W. H. Beck, Esq. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Yours of the 5th came to hand. I have made some progress in reference to the other "L.Owen." He was a carpenter and worked with a contractor by the name of Bean. Mr. Bean moved to Tuskaloosa about the close of the war and I understand he is dead but he had a son in Birmingham who I hope to get more definite information from. I. M. Cheny, Tax Collector, died about one month since. I have seen a man this morning who worked with this man, Owen, but he does not know his given name. I am confident if a man authorized to take depositions were sent here, I could prove beyond a reasonable doubt all that would be necessary to establish my entire Loyalty. I learn that this man Owen was a sporting man and handled much money. I have also seen an intelligent Negro (a former slave of mine) whose testimony would be important. Please let me hear from you soon. Truly yours, L. Owen" On 11 February 1893, Col. Lewis Owen wrote to "Wm. Henry," and signed the letter, "Your Uncle, L. Owen." This letter is contained among the papers at the National Archives concerning Col. Owen's claim against the U. S. Govt. for his property taken during Wilson's Raid in Montgomery in April, 1865: "Dear Wm. Henry, Yours of the 21st and 24th rec'd. In reference to my claim, I have found two men by whom I can prove that there was another Lewis Owen in this city during the war, he was a carpenter and boarded at the house of one of these witnesses. The other worked with him. He says Owen worked for a Mr. Bean, a contractor, who moved to Tuskalloosa soon after the war and died about three years since. I have sent to have his Books examined for Owen's name. I shall do all I can to clear up this Bond nonsense but whether I do so or not, I don't propose to give up the just claim I have against the Govt. of $3000 for property taken from me while I can prove by scores if not by hundreds from the Governor and Six [?] former Judges down to the Negroes my unfaultering devotion to the Flag of my country in the middle of Treason. I still reiterate in the most solemn manner that I never had anything to do with Confederate Bonds and never saw one in my life. If Mr. Beck thinks I have sworn falsely, he had better give up this case and let me employ someone who has confidence in my word. I would be glad if you would let him see this. Will you please ascertain what course claims of this character take after leaving the hands of the Agent. Are the Commissioners authorized to pass on them and order them paid or rejected or do they report to Congress -- After taking the necessary testimony in this city. If I could go before the commissioners in Washington in person, I have no doubt of the result. I could also strengthen my case if more was necessary by many persons of high standing in Washington commencing with the two Alabama Senators. [emphasis added]. I have not rec'd my pension yet but am looking for it every day. You are correct about my age. I was born 4th October 1803. I think nearly all the information in reference to our family was lost at the death of my Father. I don't know whether he left any papers with information on this subject. I have no doubt that there is an Estate in Wales rightfully belonging to the family but how to get it is the rub. I am much obliged to you for your kindness in looking after my interest. Your Uncle, L. Owen" On Thursday, 20 April 1893, the Montgomery Daily Advertiser carried the following notice of the death of Jane Phillips Harrison Owen: "Death of Mrs. Lewis Owen" "The news of the death of this estimable lady will be heard with deep regret by her immense circle of friends. She was stricken with paralysis about six months ago. Prior to that time she had been unusually active for one of her age, but since then she has never left her house though able to walk about from room to room. Last Sunday she was taken violently ill with something like congestion of the stomach, and never rallied. The end came about 9:30 o'clock last night. Mrs. Owen was born in Greensboro, Ga., in April 1814, but moved with her parents when she was quite young to Lowndes County, about twenty-five miles from Montgomery. She would have reached her 79th birthday next Sunday. She celebrated her golden wedding eight years ago. Nearly all these years Montgomery was her home, so that she was one of our oldest residents. There was never a lovelier character. She was devoted to her husband, children, and friends. All her life she has been a member of the Methodist church and a consistent God fearing Christian. In this community she was universally beloved and the deep sympathy of the entire city is sincerely extended to her husband, sons and surviving relatives. The funeral will be at the Court Street Methodist Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. "Funeral Notice" The friends and acquaintances of Col. and Mrs. Lewis Owen, of Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Owen, and of Mr. L. J. P. Owen, are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lewis Owen at the Court Street Methodist Church at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Jane Phillips Harrison Owen's 4 July 1888 Will, probated on June 23, 1893, left her property in trust for her two sons and their families with Col. Owen as trustee. In spite of his great age, Col. Owen was able to travel alone in September, 1893, to his old home in Maine. While there, the papers published narratives from him of his travels which were "thrillingly interesting," according to the Montgomery newspaper obituary. On 14 April 1894, Col. Lewis Owen gave his deposition testimony in Montgomery, Alabama, to be used in his case pending in the U. S. Court of Claims against the U. S. Government for his property taken during Wilson's Raid through Alabama on April 12-13, 1865. The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Friday, 17 August 1894, carried the following notice: "Col. Lewis Owen Ill" The many friends of Col. Lewis Owen in this city, and in the State, will regret to learn that he is critically ill at the residence of his son, Dr. P. H. Owen. Colonel Owen is probably our oldest citizen and will be 91 on his next birthday. He has been a resident of Montgomery for more than sixty years and it is very interesting to hear him tell of the old times." The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Saturday, 18 August 1894, carried the following obituary: "COL. LEWIS OWEN DEAD Montgomery's Oldest Citizen Passes the 90th Mile-Post and Lies Down in Peace At 12 o'clock last night, Col. Lewis Owen breathed his last at the residence of his son, Dr. P. H. Owen, on Whitman Street. He was in the 91st year of his age, having been born October 4th, 1803. He has resided in Montgomery sixty-four years, having settled here in 1830. Col. Owen was a remarkable man. A native of Maine, he settled in Montgomery in his early manhood and ever afterwards was a resident of this city. He engaged in the jewelry business in which he remained until he retired from business in 1856, after amassing a comfortable competence. He was happily married to Miss Harrison, of Lowndes County. She was one of the loveliest of women and preceded him to the spirit land about one year. When the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad was projected, Colonel Owen became deeply interested in it. During the war he had quite a large force at work on it. The work occupied his entire time and attention. It was his good fortune to see it completed under his management, but his investments in it proved unfortunate and caused the loss of a good share of his property. Although he reached so great an age, he never for one moment lost his mind. In conversation he was as bright and cheerful to the last, as when in the prime of life. It was a great pleasure to hear him tell of early days in Montgomery and of the many prominent men and women whom he knew in the days that are past and gone. He was a man of positive character, earnest convictions. Devoted to duty as he saw it, he never shirked responsibility in meeting it. In all this community there is not one who did not have the tenderest feeling for him. He was our oldest and most honored citizen and all delighted to show how he was respected and esteemed. Very few men were superior to him in vigor of intellect and none in rectitude of character and upright walk and conduct. For many years he has been an humble but earnest member of the Methodist Church. He leaves two sons, Dr. P. H. Owen and Mr. L. J. P. Owen, and to them and their children, the friends and neighbors offer sincerest sympathies. The funeral will take place tomorrow at an hour to be hereafter announced." The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Sunday, August 19, 1894, carried the following notice: "Funeral Notice The friends and acquaintances of the late Col. Lewis Owen, Dr. P. H. Owen, and L. J. P. Owen are invited to attend the funeral services of the former from the Court Street M. E. Church at 10 o'clock this morning." Another newspaper article stated of Col. Owen: "He was a man of positive character, deep and earnest convictions and possessed the courage of his convictions. He was devoted to duty as he conceived it and never shirked responsibility in meeting it. He had a strong and vigorous mind which remained clear to the time of his death which occurred while he was sitting in his chair." Jane Phillips Harrison Owen was buried on 20 April 1893, in Oakwood Cemetery in Colonel Owen's lot, Square 7, §37, 3d Survey. Colonel Owen was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on 19 August 1894. The Oakwood Cemetery record kept in the Gatehouse on 3 x 5 cards shows: "Jane P. Owen, Mrs. - 19 April 1893 Cause of death: Paralysis Physician: Dr. P. H. Owen" "Col. Lewis Owen - 19 August 1894 Cause of death: Effusion in Pericardium Physician: W. C. Jackson." Jane Phillips Harrison and Col. Lewis Owen's children were: 4912 i David Wilson7 Owen, born 24 April 1836; died on 8 January 1851 in New York City, while attending school there and while his parents were on a European tour + 4913 ii Dr. Pascal Harrison7 Owen (1837-1912) + 4914 iii Lewis Joseph Phillips7 Owen (1840-1915) ==================================================================== DR. PASCAL HARRISON7 OWEN (1837-1912) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4913. Dr. Pascal Harrison7 Owen, son of Jane Phillips Harrison and Col. Lewis6 Owen (David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born 3 October 1837; died 4 October 1912; married Mary R. Watkins Smith 2 April 1861; last address: Morganville, Lowndes County, Alabama; physician and surgeon, planter, graduate of Medical College of New York, practiced in Montgomery, Ala.; surgeon in C.S.A.; Senator from Lowndes County, in general assembly; of eight children, only three survived childhood and one of those three died at age 24. 9910 i Lewis Harrison8 Owen, born 9 January 1862; died on 17 July 27 1886, age 24 years, 6 months, 18 days 9911 ii James Edward8 Owen was born December 24, 1863; died before April, 1865 9912 iii Joseph Edward8 Owen was born 1 February 1865; died at birth or shortly thereafter 9913 iv James Edward8 Owen (2nd) was born about April, 1867. In April, 1869, he died of meningitis, according to the 1870 Lowndes County Mortality Schedule, which listed his age as 2, making his birth date about April, 1867. + 9914 v George Henry8 Owen (1869-1950) 9915 vi Child born between 1870-1874 9916 vii Child born between 1875-1880 9917 viii Frederick William8 Owen (b.10 June 1881; d.1929 unmarried) ==================================================================== LEWIS JOSEPH PHILLIPS7 ("JOE") OWEN, C.S.A. (1850-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4914. Lewis Joseph Phillips7 ("Joe") Owen, son of Jane Phillips Harrison and Col. Lewis6 Owen (David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born on 26 August 1840; died 15 August 1915; attended school in Alabama, in N.Y., and in New Haven, CT, where he studied law but never practiced as an attorney. He enlisted 26 April 1861 in the 3rd AL Infantry, which had been the Montgomery True Blues, in which his father and his uncle had served. He was 1st Sergeant in the "Lomax Sharpshooters," when he was severely wounded at Seven Pines, 1862. After his recovery, he was commissioned lieutenant in the newly organized 63rd AL in 1865. After the war, he was a farmer in Lowndes CO, AL. He married on 23 February 1865, at Petersburg, VA, Martha (Mattie) Caroline White of Portsmouth, Va.; she died 7 April 1886 at their home near Morganville, Lowndes County, AL. The residence of L.J.P. Owen in 1913 was Montgomery, AL. Mattie Caroline White and Lewis Joseph Phillips Owen had the following children: 9918 i Child who died at birth or in infancy in about 1866 9919 ii Second child who died at birth in about 1868 or shortly thereafter 9920 iii David8 Owen, born 5 March 1869; farmer; never married; died 24 November 1940, at age 70 9921 iv Joseph L.8 Owen, b.19 January 1874; Oakwood burial record has J. I.[L?] Owen, male, stillborn, 19 January 1874 + 9922 v Jane Argyra8 Owen (1876-1972) 9923 vi Child who died at birth or very young, between 1878 and 1880 9924 vii India8 Owen, b. 1882; died 5 August 1887 (Oakwood burial records have female age 5 years old, daughter of Joe Owen, died 5 August 1887) 9925 viii Martha (Mattie) Louise8 Owen, born 13 February 1885; died without issue 22 March 1960 ==================================================================== GEORGE HENRY8 OWEN (1869-1950) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9914. George Henry8 Owen, son of Molly Watkins Smith and Dr. Pascal Harrison7 Owen (Col. Lewis6, David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born 10 November 1869; died 4 March 1950; married on 19 February 1903 Pauline Murrell Sanderson (b.8 January 1878; d. 7 June 1960); graduate of Starke Military School in Montgomery, AL; excellent amateur baseball player; farmer on property that belonged to his Harrison and Smith ancestors in Lowndes County, AL; took his bride on a Honeymoon train trip to New Orleans; children: 16001 i Lewis Harrison9 Owen (1904-1983) 16002 ii Mary Alice9 Owen (1905-1996) + 16003 iii Clara Gerald9 Owen (1906-1997) + 16004 iv Pascal Henry9 Owen (1912-1987) + 16005 v Hardie McGehee9 Owen (1916-1981) + 16006 vi Jane Phillips9 Owen (1921-1994) ==================================================================== JANE ARGYRA8 OWEN HARGROVE McPHERSON (1876-1972) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9922. Jane Argyra8 Owen, daughter of Mattie Carolina White and Lewis Joseph Phillips7 Owen (Col. Lewis6, David5, William4, John3, Nathaniel2, William1), born 19 February 1876; married on 16 August 1894 (1) James Fort Hargrove; he died 24 September 1906, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL.; after his death, Jane A.8 Owen Hargrove and her children lived with her father until his death (1915); Children: + 16007 i Martha (Mattie) Caroline9 Hargrove (1895-1988) + 16008 ii William Whiting9 Hargrove (1899-1958) 16009 iii Joseph Owen9 Hargrove (died 14 September 1903) Jane Argyra8 Owen Hargrove married (2) in 1918, H. H. McPherson; she died on 21 June 1972 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL. Owen/Smith Bible in possession of Hardie McGehee Owen, Jr., of Hope Hull, Alabama; also Col. Owen stated that he was born on 3 October 1803 in Brunswick, Maine, in his deposition testimony for his reparations claim against the U. S. Government for his property taken from his son's Lowndes County plantation in Wilson's Raid in April, 1865 (copy secured from the National Archives and Records Service by Nadia Rae Venable Calvert in 1989). From Alabama State Archives collection of Marriages announced in the Montgomery Republican, the Advertiser, and the Alabama Journal, beginning in 1821, from Box 11, Matthew T. Blue collection noted in card catalog. The newspaper clipping is entitled "Old Owen Home Passes," and describes the tearing down of the old Owen home, and which Col. Owen had previously sold to Colonel Powell and where Leopold Loeb lived for so many years. The article summarizes Colonel Owen's contributions to the City and the State of Alabama and lists his three children, mentioning the "late" L.J.P. Owen, who died in 1915. Therefore, although part of the article is missing, it must have been published after 1915. Another indication of the date of the article is the mention of tearing down the old Owen home to make way for the "new postoffice building." Newspaper article in Montgomery paper dated after 1915, describing tearing down of old Owen home at 119 Church Street to make way for a new post office building. Newspaper reports indicate that Millard Fillmore arrived in Montgomery on the steamboat, "Magnolia," on 15 April 1854 in a journey through the South, was received with marked cordiality, and proceeded on to Columbus, Georgia. Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring, 1956), page 79. List of taverns and stage-stops compiled by WPA workers on Project 1584, in Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 17 (1955), page 81. Gandrud (comp.) Alabama Records, Vol. 231: Montgomery County, page 77, quoting from the Daily Alabama Journal of 13 January 1851: "Died in New York on Saturday, the 8th, David W. Owen, eldest son of Col. Lewis Owen of this city." [In 1850, he was 14, born in Alabama; his father, 47, born in Maine.] Henry Wilson Owen MS, p.52. Deposition of Col. Owen signed on April 14, 1894, in Montgomery in connection with his claim before the U. S. Court of Claims for reimbursement for the property taken by Wilson's Raiders from the Lowndes County plantation of his son, Dr. P. H. Owen, and wife, page 66. Original Deed found among papers belonging to Col. Lewis Owen which shows that it was recorded in the Register's Office, King's County in Libr. 527 of Conveyances, page 44, May 9, 1860, 30 minutes after 9:00 a.m. Deposition of Isham Batup Stubbs taken in April, 1894, in Montgomery, Alabama, Court of Claims transcript, page 90. From newspaper clipping about Col. Lewis Owen, perhaps copied from Blue's History of Montgomery. "What Grandma Had to Say 50 Years Ago Today," by Joel W. Woodruff, clipping apparently appearing in the March 4, 1931, Montgomery newspaper. The pension was from his service in the Indian Wars in 1836-37. His brother-in-law, Lt. Joseph Phillips Harrison, a graduate of West Point, died during his service with the regular U.S. Army while stationed in LA during these (Seminole) Wars. The Certificate of Col. Owen's pension did not arrive until January, 1894. The writer has a copy. This was from a newspaper clipping but apparently came from another write-up after Col. Owen's death. It is not taken directly from his obituary (See page _____). Oakwood Cemetery register at Alabama State Archives, Montgomery, Alabama, which reads: "Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery County, New Division, Owen Plot. L.J.P. Owen - Confederate Marker 6 other graves in this plot; no marking except one has the word, 'Owen.' All have marble slabs." Another report in the Archives is marked "Oakwood Cemetery, Sexton's Report, 1894: August 19, Lewis Owen, Ward 1." The Owen Plot is listed as Lot 7, Square 37, Survey 3, owner: Col. Lewis Owen. Register of Burials in Oakwood Cemetery, page 96, lists Mrs. Jane P. Owen, buried 20 April 1893, age 78, born in Georgia. The same Register of Burials in Oakwood Cemetery lists on page 96: Col. Owen, born in Maine, buried 19 August 1894, aged 91. The Register also refers to page 42 of the Oakwood Cemetery Plat Book. Journal kept during the trip stopped abruptly, apparently when they were informed of their son's death. The birth dates are from the Smith/Owen Bible which belonged to James H. and wife, Martha Ann Smith, and is now in possession of their great-great grandson, Hardie McG. Owen, Jr., Hope Hull, Alabama. Obituary notice in 4 August 1886 newspaper reported in Marilyn D. Barefield, Butler County, Alabama, Obituaries (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985), page 72, as follows: "Lewis Owen, Jr., 24, died at home in Pintlala of congestion. He was the son of Dr. P. H. Owen." Dr. Owen said in his deposition given in Col. Owen's Court of Claims case that the only persons present in their home when Wilson' raiders came through was his wife, himself, and their oldest son. 1870 Mortality Schedule, Lowndes County, Alabama. Thomas M. Owen, Alabama Biography, says August 24. Lewis Joseph Phillips Owen is found in the Alabama 1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers (Cullman, Alabama: The Gregath Co., 1982), which is incomplete and does not list Pascal Harrison Owen, who did not die until 1912, although the National Archives Index contains his name. Another omission is that of Henry Clay Sanderson, from Montgomery County, Alabama, who served during the entire war and lived in Montgomery County until his death in 1913. The National Archives Index also lists him. Thomas M.Owen says 1864 rather than 1865. Marilyn D. Barefield, Butler County, Alabama, Obituaries (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985), page 72. The notice says: "Mrs. Joe Owen died near Morganville, Lowndes County, Saturday (4/7/1886). Ceremony by J. W.Rush; "Lowndes County Marriage Records, 1890-1896," Lowndes County Historical Society Publication (January 1970), p.6.