Limestone Co. TX - Owens/Stephens Family

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                           Owens/Stephens Family
                                      
   Martin Owen was born in 1815 in Tenn. He married Zina Hollinsworth in
   Wilson Cty, Tenn in 1835. They had children William Thomas Owen
   (1837), Leander Owen (1839), Benjamin R. Owen (1841) Phoebe C. Owen
   (1843), Anna J. Owen (1844), Soloman G. Owen (1845), Mary Frances Owen
   (1847), Nancy Elizabeth Owen (1849) James Martin Monroe Owen (1850) .
   Linez Owen was born in 1853 in Missouri, but it is uncertain whether
   her mother was Zina or Martin's second wife Elizabeth who was the
   mother of the following children: Keziah J. Owen 1857), Franklin A.
   Owens (1859), Jacob D. Owens (1861), George W. Owens (1864) and Moses
   Owens (1870). Note the "s" began appearing with the Owen name after
   Martin moved to Freestone Cty, TX. Most of these children married and
   lived in Limestone or Freestone Cty, TX.
   
   William Thomas Owens married Nancy Mariah Williamson Oct. 19, 1876 in
   Freestone Cty, TX. Their children were Ila Bell Owens (1878), John
   Calvin Owens (1880), James Martin Owens (1882), Florence Owens (1885)
   and Eugene Owens (1884)
   
   John Calvin Owens married Laura Elizabeth Beene on Jan. 4, 1903. Their
   children were Mallie Eilene Owens (1904), William Houston Owens
   (1906), Guy Leslie Owens (1908), Marvin Owens (1910), Erve Adrein
   Owens (1912), Bernice Alyne Owens (1915), Emma Ernestine Owens (1919),
   J. C. Owens (1922), Ruby Estelle Owens (1924), and Thomas Davidson
   Owens (1928).