THOMAS FLORENCE (Jack) OWEN (g g-f) NANCY (Nan) ANN HARDY (g g-m)
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born 2-24-1848 Ga born 12-9-1850 Ala
married probably 1866, Ala
died 8-30-1922 Henry Cem died 12-4-1915 Henry Cem
See Separate page for Hardy Data
The fact that the first names are Thomas
and Nancy and that Jack's parents are
also Thomas and Nancy is only coincidental.
---CHILDREN---
James Wesley Owen -b Dec 2, 1867,Ala d Feb 15, 1957 Hico, La
married Nancy Ellen Moncrief on 11-12-1891
buried at Henry Cemetery
Wm Thomas Owen (b Lineville, Ala8-18-1871 d Alex, La 4-1-1948)
married Myrtle Mathas, b 8-22-1882, d 1974
Infant Daugh-Mary E (La- 11-28-1873 d 6-5-1875)--it is said
Said that she drowned in cedar water bucket at the foot
Of a bed while Nancy was cooking breakfast at 1 yr, 7 mos
And 12 days of age
Wiley Whit Owen -b Hico, La July 19, 1875, d Feb 21, 1954
at Chatham, La
Jesse Pink Owen-Hico, La-Feb 13, 1878, d 6-30-1967
married Mary louise Colvin Dec 7, 1898, b 1-08-1873
d 8-23-1942 Hico La
Lula Nancy Owen-Hico, La March 11, 1881, d March 01, 1904
burried Henry Cem, married AJ Drewett
Infant Son (La b & d 7-20-1883), buried Henry Cemetery
Robert Brooks Owen-Hico, La May 17, 1877 ?1885? d Monroe
Aprl 11, 1967, married Sallie Anders, then Ola,
then Azalea
John Calvin Owen-La (b 6-5-1887 d 5-28-1980 Hico)
married Margaret Jane Morrow, 11-03-1908 (b 4-13-1889
d , b Apr 13, 1889 Hico
Nancy Hardy is known to have had at least one
brother and one sister. Her brother, John
H. Hardy (6-12-1846 to 10-11-1884) is buried
at Henry Cemetery. He was married to Molly E
(10-30-1844 to 3-13-1938). Their children
were James and Jessie Hardy.
A sister, Roxie Hardy (b 1868+- married a
Jenkins and lived in Temple, Texas. It is
said that Roxie last saw Nan at about age
2 when Nan moved to La. Thus, the move
would have been in the early 1870's. It
is said that Nan went back to visit in Ala
twice. Temple Tx is in Bell County S of Waco.
See separate page for more current details on Hardy family.
I found an 1850 census for Randolph county (prior to Clay County
being formed) for the community at Lineville, Ala showing the
following data about the Hardy Family:
---Values of ---
real personal
name age estate estate born
William N Hardy 28 Farmer 300 Ga
Julia Hardy 25 Ga
James 6 Ala
John 4 Ala
Jese 2 Ala
Nancy 1/12 Ala
The above census was taken in Dec, 1850, the month that Nancy was
born.
By 1870, Clay County had been formed and the listing of the Hardy
family at Lineville showed for Clay County, Ala, p 230 B, post
office of Lineville:
---Values of ---
real personal
name age estate estate born
W N Hardy 48 farmer 800 1190 Ga
Julia AL 42 Ga
James M 25 store clerk 250 Ga
Jessie J 21 Ala
Mary 16 Ala
Wm J 14 works on farm Ala
Dicy 12 Ala
Jacob 10 at home Ala
Sarah 8 Ala
Elvini 6 Ala
Roxey 4 Ala
By this time, Nancy had already married Jack and were living in the
area of Lineville.
The 1870 census shows Jack and Nancy living in Lineville, Alabama
next to Thomas and Nancy Owen and in the vicinity of the Hardy
family as follows:
---Values of ---
real personal
name age estate estate born
Owen, T F 21 -0- 30 Ga
Nancy 19 Ga
James 3 Ala
This record indicates that Jack must have been about 16-17 when he
and Nancy were married and Nancy was about 14-15. Since James was
3 years old, Jack must have moved to Ala prior to 1867 which is
in line with the prior comment that they moved in 1860-1862.
Jack's family was listed in the 1880 census in Union Cty, Ark
as follows:
name comment age
Thomas F Farmer 32
Nancy A keeping H 28
James W at school 12
William at school 9
Wiley W 4
Jesse P 2
Nancy L 4 mos
The 1900 census for Lincoln Parish, showed the following:
name relation age
Jackson Owens head 52
Nannie A wife 49
Lula N D 20
Robert R S 15
Callie J S 13
This census noted that Jack and Nancy had
been married 34 years which would put their marriage
at about 1866 in Ala or about a year or two
before Uncle Jimmy was born.
The 1910 Census for Lincoln Parish, La ED 78, Sheet 25 shows:
name relation age
Thomas Owen 62
Nancy A wife 52
John C S 23
Maggie J D-in-L 21
Emma L Grnd-D 10
a. JAMES WESLEY OWEN (12-2-1868 to 2-15-1957) married Nancy Ellen
Moncrief (9-13-1871 to 3-31-1937) and lived in the Hico area.
They were married on Nov 12, 1891. Honrie said that the Owen
family moved to La when James Wesley was about 2 years old--
thus in the 1870-1873 time period. James Owen is buried at
Henry Cemetary.
Their children were:
Robert Caleb Owen (5-17-1897 to 4-11-1967- Henry Cem).
Robert married Iva Lee Knox (1-26-1906 to 11-14-198_)
Jack Owen -Hico
Katherine Owen --Dubach
Christine Owen--Hico
James Willy (Bill) Owen "up North"
Clyde Owen - Hico
Orion Owen (7-24-1903 to 4-3-1963)
Forest Park,Shreveport
James Owen, DDS - Shreveport - Dentist ( )
Nancy Owen Crowe - Birmingham ( )
Cora Estelle Owen Gray (3-2-1894 to 6-18-1947)
Pine Grove near Bernice, La
Paul Gray - Bernice
India Gray Davis - Dubach
James Gray (buried at Pine Grove)
Tommie Dean Gray - Vienna
Donald Gray - Homer
Ruby Owen Lloyd (11-5-1899 to --- ) Bernice
Jess Lloyd,Jr - Shreveport
Harold Lloyd - Nachitoches
Alma Honrie Owen Barfield (5-26-1910 to -------) Hico
Bart Barfield - Hico
Jean Barfield Clements - Lake Charles
Ray Barfield - Ruston
Wayne Barfield - Dubach
b. WILLIAM Thomas OWEN (8-18-1870 to 4-1-1948 ) Pineville
He was married in Spring of 1899 to Myrtie Matthews
( 8-22-1880 (Ala) ?? )
There is an entry in the 1900 census for a William (J,F or T)
Owen born Jan 1871 in La, F in Ga and M in Ga who is a school
teacher in Lincoln Parish. He is living with his
mother-in-law
Mary Mathews and he is married to Mary M. who was born in Aug,
1882 and they have been married for one year. This entry does
not tie in exactly but it is close enough that I believe it is
Uncle Billy.
Their children were:
Bill Owen (March 5, 1906 to Sept, 1987) Ruston
His wife was Florence Normand from Alexandria, la
who is now deceased.
William Norman - Calif
Eleanor Owen - married Stanley Heath and
lives in Baton Rouge. They have no children. She
is an engineer with the state highway department.
Henry Owen (March 5, 1909 to August 2, 1979)
Married to Frances Pettigrew. Henry taught _______
at the University of Texas, Austin.
--one child died in childbirth
Mary Francis Owen Renager _____ ( )
lives in Washington, DC -4 children
Evelyn Owen Stagg - Louisville, Ky
Evelyn married to Frank Stagg (Oct 20, 1911 to June 2, 2001)
who retired from the Baptist Seminary in Louisville
Theodore Owen Stag, b July 9, 1941, a petroleum engineer
for BP in Alaska, married Kathy Burgin
children- Robert, Oct 20, 1970
Thomas, June 2, 1972
Robert Hammers Stagg (b July 15, 1946), professor at
Spalding U, Louisville, Ky, married to Stephanie
Baldyga (b May 16, 1947)
Virginia Stagg Shane (b Jan 16, 1949) married Larry Shane
(b Jan 16, 1949)
children- Matthew Owen Shane (b June 19, 1980)
Lydia Delaney Shane (b Aug 9, 1983)
James Mathews Owen, CPA (5-20-1917 to 1-21-1968)Baton Rouge
He was a professor of accounting at LSU-Baton Rouge.
James was married on June 6, 1942 to Loreece Moore.
Their children were:
Susan Owen Morris (born 1-19-1944) who is a
doctor (physchiatrist) in White Plains, NY
1 child - Lauren Morris
Carol Owen May (born 4-13-1946) and is married to
J Dudley May who is in the insurance business
in Baton Rouge
James M Owen, Jr (born 5-1-1953) is an assistant
district attorney in Baton Rouge
Jane Owen White (born 3-27-1956) married Raymond White
and lives in Dallas, Texas. She is a
practicing attorney
c. MARY E OWEN, INFANT - 1873 A tombstone at Henry Cemetary
shows that a daughter was born to Thomas F and Nancy A Owen on
11-28-1873 and died on June 5, 1875. Honrie said that she
drowned in a cedar water bucket at the foot of the bed
while her mother was cooking breakfast. She died at the
age of 1 year, 7 months and 12 days.
d. WILEY WHITMAN OWEN (7-19-1875 to 2-21-1954) is buried in
Chatham, La. He was married to Gusta Adeline Chatham
(10-26-1890 to 9-30-1984) on 10-26-1907. Their children were:
There is an entry in the 1900 census of a Wylie Owens born
in May 1875 in La (F Ga, M Ala) who is listed as a merchant.
Thomas Earl Owen (4-19-1913 to ) Pineville
married Sarah Lucille Coker Feb 14, 1945. Thomas
Earl attended he Univ of Texas and graduated with
a business degree. Their children were:
Larry Thomas Owen b Mar 9, 1946
Gail Earlene Owen, b June 6, 1947
Sally Ann Owen, b April 20, 1953, married
a Strebig and was living in Ok City
in 2002 at Ok City Comm College Library
Bernice Ludell Owen, Monroe (b 10-15-1920,d )
married R A Hickman. Their children were:
Douglas Hickman
Ralph Hickman
Majoree Elizabeth Owen (10-15-1920 to ) Wisner
e. JESSE PINK OWEN (2-13-1878 to 6-30-1967) is buried at Henry
Cemetery. He was married to Mary (May) Louise Colvin
(1-8-1873 to 8-23-1942). Her mother was Synthia J. Colvin
who was listed on the 1900 census as having been born in
Tennessee. She was living with Pink during the that census.
Synthia is buried at Unionville, La. Her maiden name was
Sealy, b 4-23-1838, d 9-22-1916.
Jesse Pink and May were married in Lincoln Parish on
December 7, 1898.
The 1900 census for Lincoln Parish shows:
name relation B-date age birth F M
Jesse P Owen Head Feb 1878 22 La Ga Ala
(census showed he was renting farm)
Mary L wife Jan 1874 26 La unk unk
Thomas L s Oct 1899 7/12 La La La
Cynthia Colvin May 1838 62 Tenn unk unk
(mother in law was living with them) it states that
she had a total of 2 children and 2 are still living.
The 1910 census for Lincoln Parish, la shows:
Jesse P Owen age 32
Mary wife 37
Thos L s 10
Annie L d 8
Jesse M d 5
Arnold B s 2
The children of Pink and May were:
Thomas Lafayette Owen(10-23-1899 to 11-1-1969) and was
married to Ruby Hammonds who lives in Dubach. They
married on June 19,1920. He is buried at Fellowship
cemetary, Dubach. Thomas worked for the US Government
as a probation officer. Ruby is a retired teacher.
Ruby told me that Thomas' middle name was given to him
From his g-m maiden name. Thus, the original Nancy
May have had Lafayette as a maiden name.
Annie Lucille Owen Moncrief 5-2-1902 to ----- 85)
She married Clarence Fair Moncrief on 1-5-1921.
Clarence and Lucille farmed north of Hico
Leonard Moncrief (12-8-1922 to )
Brend Jean Moncrief (3-27-1950 to )
Larry Eugene Moncrief (8-29-1952 to )
Jessie May Owen (4-4-1905 to -----) was living in
Monroe with her husband, Howard Green Hammons. They
were married on Aug 25, 1929. Howard was a retired
Baptist minister.
Delores Hammons Blackwell (10-19-1934 to ----)
Gloria Nan Hammons (7-20-1939 to 9-5-1939)
Howard Green Hammonds, Jr (b 2-7-1941 d Jul 10,1968-Vietnam)
Margaret Lynn Hammons (7-23-1946 to ----)
Jessie Nell Hammonds ((2-3-1948 to ----)
Arnold Broox Owen, Sr (6-1-1907 to 4-24-1961) married
Linnie Avery (3-25-1905 to --) on Feb 14, 1929. He
is buried in Henry Cemetary. Arnold (Book) was a
superintendent for Delta Drilling Co
Arnold Broox Owen, Jr. (3-17-1934 to ---), Born Longview, Tx
Married Laura Elaine McKinney of Lake Charles, La
Broox was an insur adjuster for State Farm Ins, Retired
Elizabeth Ann Owen Miller (11-10-1959 to ---)
ME--->>> Marvin Edgar Owen (10-20-1941 to ---), b Longview, Tex
Marvin is a CPA-Attorney in Baton Rouge
Married Edlena Lea in 1968
Kimberly Michele Owen Chance (9-30-1970 to ---)
Living in Dallas in 2002
Stephen Michael Owen (5-19-1974 to ---)
Living in Baton Rouge in 2002
f. LULA NANCY OWEN (3-11-1881 to 3-4-1904) married A T Drewett
of Winfield. She died of TB at the age of 23 and is buried
At Henry Cemetary. The 1880 census listed her as Nancy L. and
the 1900 census listed her as Lula N. Honrie Barfield
provided the name of Nancy Louiza)
g. INFANT SON - July 20, 1883. The grave marker at Henry Cemetery
does not show any other information. It is as follows:
Infant Son of
TF and NA
Owen
July 20, 1883
h. ROBERT BROOKS OWEN (3-10-1885 to 12-5-1905) is buried at Hasley
Cemetary in Monroe. He was married to Sallie Josephine
Andrews, Ola Eason and to Zelia Marie DeLouche.
Their children were:
Berti Lou Owen White (10-24-1906 to ---) Chatham
She was married to James Earl White in 1923
James Earl White, Jr - Ruston
Dorothy Ann Owen Phillips (12-16-1911 to --- Cheney
Inn, La.She was married on 7-25-1937 to Marvin Luther
Phillips
i. JOHN CALVIN OWEN (6-5-1887 to 5-28-1980 ) is buried at Harmony
Chapel near Hico. He was married to Margaret Jane Morrow
(4-13-1889 to 5-30-1972). Callie was a farmer at Hico.
Their children were:
Emma Lou Owen Owens (1-18-1910 to ---)
Married A G Owens
A G Owens, Jr
Wayne Owens
Anna Belle Owen Kilgore (6-21-1915 to ---)
Married to Curtis Kilgore.
Dennis Eugene Owen-Hico (12-1-1917 to ---)
Dennis married Milbur Jeffcoat (11-28-1928 to ---)
on Nov 23, 1949
Mary Margaret Owen- , Texas ( )
Lou Ann Owen - Baton Rouge ( )
Dennis Eugene Owen, Jr - Hico ( )
Opal Margaret Owen Deloach (8-7-1920 to ---) Lisbon
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