Biography of Margaret F Owen, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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Margaret F. Owen, widow of John M. Owen, of White River Township, Independence
County. was born in Alabama in 1850. She is a daughter of Michael K. and
Matilda (Dutton) Crow. both natives of Virginia. Michael K. Crow was born in
1825; he grew to manhood in Virginia and Tennes. see, and was married in
Alabams, to which State his parents had removed. In 1860 he emigrated to
Arkansas, locating on a farm in Independence County, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He was a Confederate soldier, and was wounded by the
fall of a horse at the battle of Helena. He died in 1883, and his wife, who was
also born in 1825, died in 1881. A double monument marks their graves in the
neighborhood in which the latter part of their lives was spent. They were the
parents of seven children, viz.: Margaret F., Mary M., Reuben M., George (who
died in in fancy), William C., Riddie A. and Thomas J. Though not a member of
any church. Michael Owen was a great Bible student, and was exceedingly
charitable. He was of German descent, while his wife was of Irish origin.
Margaret F. attended the common schools of Independence County, and at the age
of eighteen years married John M. Owen, who was born in Big Bottom Township,
Independence County, in 1836, being nearly fifteen years her senior. They were
blessed with five children. viz.: Alfred C., Edward, Thomas, Eunice and Mabel.
Mr. Owen served the Confederacy four years during the late war, and lost his
health while in the army. He died March 22, 1884, leaving a good farm, upon
which his widow now resides. He was a member of the Christian Church, and in
politics was a Democrat.