HENRY M. OWENS, Smith County, TX

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Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas
Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representive Public,
And Many Early Settled Families
Chicago:  F. A. Battey & Company, 1889, Vol II, p 652.

HENRY M. OWENS, one of the enterprising agriculturists of his county, 
was born in Pike county, Arkansas, December 25, 1849.  He is of 
English descent, his grandfather, Lot Owens, coming from England when
a young man and settling in North Carolina, where his son Edwin, the 
father of Henry M., was born.  Edwin Owens was a shrewd business man, 
and accumulated considerable property.  In his early life he ran a
steamboat on the Mississippi river and later was in the mercantile 
business.  He lived for some time in Morrisville, Arkansas, and thence 
in 1859 to Texas, living first in Navarro county, and subsequently 
moving to Smith county.  In 1833 he married Elizabeth, daughter of 
William Slaughter, of Alabama, and to them were born twelve children--
William E., George L., Thomas J., John S., Lafayette, Joseph, Henry M.,
Sarah A., Delphia, Alabama, and two who died in infancy.

Henry M. Owens was ten years old when his parents moved to Texas.  He
was engaged in farming in his early life and later was engaged in the 
mercantile business which he continued until 1884.  He now owns 265
acres of land, 165 acres of which he has under cultivation and has one
of the pleasantest homes in his vicinity.

January 5, 1869, Mr. Owens married Georgia A., daughter of Burrill 
Hambrick, of Georgia, and they have had ten children -- Thomas, 
Lillian A., Decy D., Carrie, Felix, Burrill J., Eugene, James, Annie 
and McElwain.  Mr. and Mrs. Owens are members of the Missionary 
Baptist church.  He is a member of the Knights of Honor, Knight of 
Pythias and Odd Fellows order.