Owen(s) Surname

John Owen was born on December 25, 1624 in Wales. He died on February 18, 1698/9 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut ⁴.

There are conflicting sources as to his origin, that he may have been born as early as 1622. John came to the English colonies as a young man and settled in Connecticut by the 1640's. John was married on October 3, 1650 to Rebecca Wade. They settled in Windsor and had the following children: Josiah, John, John, Nathaniel, Daniel, Joseph (see next generation), Mary, Benjamin, Rebecca, Obadiah and Isaac.

John was a farmer and a prominent early citizen of Windsor, Connecticut. He died there on February 18, 1698/9 and is buried in the burial ground behind the First Congregational Church. His widow Rebecca died in 1711.

Rebecca was the daughter of Robert Wade and Jemima Rebecca.

1	Josiah Owen was born on September 8, 1651 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4. He married Mary Osborn.
2	John Owen was born on November 5, 1662 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4. He died before 1654 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
3	John Owen was born on April 23, 1654 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4. He died on January 15, 1669/70 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4.
4	Nathaniel Owen was born on August 9, 1656 4.
5	Daniel Owen was born on March 28, 1658 4.
6	Joseph Owen
7	Mary Owen was born on December 5, 1662 4.
8	Benjamin Owen was born on September 20, 1664 4.
9	Rebecca Owen was born on March 28, 1666 4.
10	Obadiah Owen was born on December 12, 1667 4.
11	Isaac Owen was born on May 27, 1670 4.

Joseph Owen was born on October 23, 1660 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut ⁴. He died between 1735-1746 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut ⁴.

Father: John Owen
Mother: Rebecca Wade

Joseph married Esther Osborn on August 9, 1682 at Windham, Connecticut. They settled in Simsbury, Connecticut in 1683. In 1692, he moved with his family back to Windsor, Connecticut. They lived there until 1703, when he moved to Lebanon, Connecticut.

Joseph and Esther had 6 children: Ann, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, and Aaron (see next generation). Joseph died in Lebanon, Connecticut sometime between 1735 and 1746. His wife Esther died after 1735.

Esther was the daughter of John Osborn and Ann Oldage of Windsor, Connecticut.

1	Ann Owen was born on November 9, 1683 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4.
2	Joseph Owen was born on January 29, 1684/5 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4.
3	Moses Owen was born on July 7, 1688 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut 4.
4	Joshua Owen was born circa 1692 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
5	Caleb Owen was born circa 1694 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
6	Aaron Owen

Aaron Owen was born circa 1696 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He died in 1747 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

Father: Joseph Owen
Mother: Esther Osborn

On January 11, 1733, Aaron married to Miriam Wright in Franklin, Connecticut. In about 1736, they moved to Lebanon, Connecticut. He probably then moved to Salisbury, Connecticut in the 1740's. Aaron may have died there in 1749. He and Miriam had at least 6 children: Sarah, Zacheus, Ammeziah, Abner, Aaron and John (see next generation).

Miriam was the daughter of Abel Wright and Rebecca Terry of Lebanon, Connecticut.

1	Sarah Owen was born on May 21, 1733 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4. She married Elijah Smith on January 2, 1771 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 4.
2	Zacheus Owen was born circa 1737 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4. He died after 1760 in Ancram, Columbia Co., New York.
3	Ammeziah Owen was born circa 1739 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4.
4	Abner Owen was born circa 1740 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4. He died after 1800 in Salisbury Twp., Addison Co., Vermont.
5	Aaron Owen was born before September 13, 1741 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4. He died after 1800 in Salisbury Twp., Addison Co., Vermont.
6	John Owen

4th Generation: John Owen was born before September 2, 1744 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut 4. He died on February 24, 1843 in Carroll Twp., Chautauqua Co., New York 4. He is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania. Father: Aaron Owen Mother: Miriam Wright As a child, John moved with his family to Salisbury, Connecticut. He was married there on May 31, 1768 to Johannah Phelps. While living in Salisbury, John served in the French and Indian War. John also served in the Revolutionary War, serving in 1776 and 1777. John and Johannah had 5 sons: Ebenezer, John (see next generation), Ethen, Aaron, and Heman. While living in Salisbury, John's wife Johannah died in 1786. He remarried in August 1787 to Lydia Gilson, by whom he had 6 children: Elizabeth, Elsie, Ira, Phoebe, Reuben, and Sally. In about 1790, he moved with his family to Hudson, Columbia County, New York, and in about 1798, he moved to Delaware County, New York, where some of his older sons had settled. They remained there until about 1806, when he moved to Warren County, Pennsylvania. Then in about 1810, he moved a short distance away and settled in Carroll Township, Chautauqua County, New York, where he remained. John was a farmer and tavern keeper. He was said to have been good natured and an excellent story teller. He died on February 24, 1843 and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania, beside his wife Lydia who died in 1851. John married first Johannah Phelps on May 31, 1768 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 4. She was born on July 31, 1743 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She died on April 26, 1786 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Johannah was the daughter of Aaron Phelps and Mercy Kent of Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut.

1	Ebenezer Owen was born on May 16, 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 4. He died between 1832-1833 in Conewango Twp., Warren Co., Pennsylvania 4. He married Mary Paine on July 11, 1790 in Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York 4.
2	John Owen
3	Ethen Owen was born December 10, 1774 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
4	Aaron Owen was born on October 23, 1776 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 4. He died on January 13, 1846 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York 10. He married first Mehitabel Evans. He married second Jane.
5	Heman Owen was born on December 8, 1779 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 4. He died sometime between 1823-1830 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. He married Abigail Cannon, widow of Mr. Winters, circa 1807-1810 in Delaware Co., New York. They had the following children: Almira Owen(s) (c. 1812-aft. 1892) md. 1st Mr. Houck (?) md. 2nd Cyrus Reed William Nelson Owen(s) (1813-1893) md. Mary Ann James Wilson Owen(s) (c. 1816-1889) md. Eliza Kelsey Ansel Owen(s) (c. 1819-1881) md. Harriet W. Smith Martha A. Owens (c. 1821-1888) md. Daniel D. Ostrom Olive Owen(s) (1823-1894) md. Thomas F. Graves Mary Owen(s) probably died young

They had the following children:

6	Elizabeth Owen was born on March 23, 1788 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut4. She died on February 19, 1832 in Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., New York 4. She married Stephen Hadley on July 17, 1808 4.
7	Elsie Owen was born on July 8, 1790 in Loonenburgh (now Athens), Greene Co., New York 4. She died on February 25, 1875 in Chautauqua Co., New York 4. She married George Washington Fenton on November 2, 1806 4.
8	Ira Owen was born on February 16, 1793 in New York 4. He died in Iowa 4.
9	Phoebe Owen was born on July 23, 1795 in Amenia Twp., Dutchess Co., New York4. She died on December 19, 1866 in South Valley, Cattaraugus Co., New York 4. She married Ephraim Morrison on July 27, 1815 4.
10	Reuben Owen was born on July 12, 1800 in Delaware Co., New York4. He died on September 9, 1871 in Fentonville, Chautauqua Co., New York 4. He married Hannah P. Clark. He married second Ann Elizabeth Miller.
11	Sally Owen was born on October 30, 1802 in Delaware Co., New York 4. She died in December 1882 4. She married Peter Burgett on March 19, 1819 4.

John Owen was born on December 23, 1771 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut ⁴. He died on March 7, 1857 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York ⁴. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York.

Father: John Owen
Mother: Johannah Phelps

As a youth, John moved with his brother Heman to Dutchess County, New York, but did not remain there long and in about 1791, moved with him to Delaware County, New York where they settled at or near the village of Cannonsville in Tompkins Town. John married on August 9, 1796 to Olive Kilburn. Together they had 11 children: Melinda, 2 unnamed infants, Amherst (see next generation), William, Abby, Eben, Belinda, Olive, Nancy, and Abraham.

John was a farmer and spent the rest of his life at Cannonsville, New York. He died on March 7, 1857 at Cannonsville, New York, at the age of 85. He was buried in the Cannonsville Cemetery in Cannonsville beside his wife Olive who died in 1856. They are now buried at the Walton Cemetery, in Walton, New York.

They had the following children:

1	Melinda Owen was born on April 18, 1798 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She died on February 11, 1814 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4.
2	infant Owen was born and died on December 25, 1799 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4.
3	infant Owen was born and died on April 5, 1801 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4.
4	Amherst Phelps Owen
5	William Kilburn Owen was born on July 16, 1804 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. He died on September 16, 1896 in Walton, Delaware Co., New York 4. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York. He married first Eliza M. Chamberlain circa 1835 in Delaware Co., New York. (She was born in 1808 in New York and died in 1848 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. She is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York.) They had the following children: Emory Owens (1836-1839) Edgar Beaumont Owens (1840-1921) md. Katherine McGibbon Milton Wheeler Owens (1845-1927) md. Grace T. Frazier Harriet Eliza Owens (1842-1934) md. Alvin J. Tanner He married second Maribah Durfee, widow of George Wakeman, between 1850-1857 in Delaware Co., New York. (She was born in 1815 in New York and died in 1872 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. She is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Delaware Co., New York.) They had one child: Frederick Kilburn Owens (1857-1938) md. Elfreda Bowen
6	Abby Owen was born on December 9, 1806 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She died on September 2, 1885 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York. She married Joseph Stanton Babcock on May 10, 1827 4. (He was born in 1792 and died in 1855.) They had the following children: John Henry Babcock (1829-1868) md. Mary A. Hallenbeck Helen Adelia Babcock (1831-1917) md. Ezra W. Gillette Joseph Alonzo Babcock (1833-1910) md. Elizabeth M. Burdick Sarah Amelia Babcock (1835-1836) Sarah Amelia Babcock (1837-1901) md. Shepard C. Smith Olive Celestia Babcock (1845-1934) md. Whiting G. Pomeroy
7	Eben Gordon Owens was born on March 20, 1809 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. He died on July 16 4 or 18 6, 1871 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. He married first Harriet Lucy Chamberlain circa 1838 in Delaware Co., New York. (She was born in about April 1815 in New York and died on October 27, 1843 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York.) They had the following children: Augusta M. Owens (1839-1890) md. Charles Graham Eben Gordon Owens (c. 1842-c. 1842) He married second Adaline Cable between 1843-1850 in Delaware Co., New York. (She was born circa 1817 in New York and died on May 11, 1869 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York.) They had no children.
8	Belinda Owen was born on February 15, 1812 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She died on December 19, 1813 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4.
9	Olive Owen was born on September 22, 1813 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She died on June 5, 1845 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York. She married Benjamin J. Chamberlain on May 16, 1837 in Tompkins, Delaware Co., New York 4. (He was born circa 1806 in New York and died before February 19, 1867 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York.) They had the following children: Abraham Owen Chamberlain (c. 1840-1854) Evans M. Chamberlain (c. 1843-aft. 1870) md. Augusta E. Wilcox
10	Nancy Owen was born on February 19, 1816 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. She died on March 4, 1890 in Painted Post, Steuben Co., New York 4. She married Ebenezer Cheney Adams on October 30, 1844 in Fly Creek, Otsego Co., New York 4. (He was born circa 1815 in Otsego Co., New York and died in 1888 in Painted Post, Steuben Co., New York.) They had the following children: Eliza Adams (c. 1848-???) William Benjamin Adams (1848-1911) md. Ola Smith Kittie Olive Adams (1851-1880) md. William Edmund Howell Mary Elizabeth Adams (1855-1914) md. Frederick Delos Brown Charles Edgar Adams (c. 1857-1911) Ebenezer was a shoe maker, "missionary" and gardener. After their marriage in 1844, they lived for many years in Cannonsville, Delaware County, New York. Then sometime between 1855 and 1860, they moved to Steuben County, New York; where they lived first in Corning and then in neighboring Painted Post.
11	Abraham Griffin Owen was born on June 2, 1818 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. He died on May 30, 1887 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4. He married Patience Emma Newell on September 21, 1843 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York 4. (She was born on October 2, 1822 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York and died on February 18, 1880 in Unadilla, Otsego Co., New York.) They had the following children: Dexter Newell Owens (1845-1919) md. Nellie Crandall Josiah Evans Owens (1847-1881) md. Eliza Owen

Amherst Phelps Owen(s) was born on May 22, 1802 in Cannonsville, Delaware County, New York ^4,5,6. He died on June 23, 1869 ^5,6 perhaps in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York.

Father: John Owen
Mother: Olive Kilburn

Amherst spent most of his life in the vicinity of Cannonsville, New York. During his youth, his parents owned land just outside of Cannonsville; between the Delaware River and Trout Creek. He was married in about 1821 to Charlotte Huyck, whose family lived farther up Trout Creek. Together they raised a family of nine children. Throughout his life, Amherst's last name was spelled as both "Owens" and "Owen". However his children all consistently adopted the "Owens" spelling.

Amherst was a farmer and "lumberman" (inference from other clues is that this probably means that he operated saw mills). It is a guess that he might have also worked as a blacksmith (only because three of his sons were blacksmiths). Between the 1820s and the late 1840s, he lived with his family in the town of Tompkins, in Delaware County, New York. It is not clear where they lived in the town, as they moved frequently, but they were somewhere in the vicinity of Cannonsville. After comparing land records and maps with the adjacent households in the 1830 and 1840 census enumerations, my best guess is that they were usually living in a rural area along Johnny Brook, north of Cannonsville and east of Barbourville (the same location where Amherst sold land in 1848, see below). Between 1833 and 1837, Amherst owned 72 acres of farmland in the far northwest corner of the neighboring town of Walton (the land was in a rural area, about halfway between the villages of Trout Creek and Northfield; along Loomis Brook Road). It is unclear if they ever lived there (but they probably did not, because he was described as a resident of Tompkins in those deeds). In 1842, Amherst was taxed with an "E. Boyd" (most likely Elisha Boyd who lived along Johnny Brook. He was a farmer, but an 1856 map shows a saw mill adjacent to his property). In 1848, Amherst sold 5 acres of land in Tompkins that was north of Cannonsville and east of Barbourville (see above). This property had been sold to him by Young Stafford at an unknown point before 1847 (the deed was apparently not recorded or indexed). At about that time, Amherst and his family briefly moved away from New York. In September 1850, they were living in nearby Wayne County, Pennsylvania. They were probably still there in 1855, when they are absent from the 1855 New York state census.

Sometime between 1855 and 1860, they returned to Delaware County, New York. In 1860 they were living in the town of Tompkins. There, they were likely just east of the village of Deposit, at the community called Stilesville (in what is now the town of Deposit). In 1865, they were still in Tompkins, but were probably in or just outside of the village of Cannonsville. Then in the 1869 county atlas, an "A.P. Owen" was found several miles east of Cannonsville, between the communities of Granton and Rock Rift. This agrees with one record which suggests that his daughter Olive spent part of her youth in the vicinity of Granton.

During the 1830s, Amherst was a major in the New York National Guard (i.e. militia). As a result, he was known as Major Owen/Owens for much of his adult life.

They had the following children:

1	Amherst Phelps Owen was born on or about on November 2, 1823 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 6. He died on August 12, 1832 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 6. He is buried in the Walton Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York. Considering the almost exact birth dates, Amherst and George were probably twins.
2	George Webster Owens was born on November 12, 1823 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 15. He died sometime between 1880 and 1885, probably in New York or Iowa. He married Mary Ann Burrows sometime between 1850 and 1853. (She was born circa 1836 in New York 8 and died on December 24, 1890 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.) They had the following children: Isaac N. Owens (c. 1853-aft. 1882) Medora Owens (c. 1855-1860s) George Curtis Owens (1855-1919) Louis Kilbourn Owens (1857-1936) md. Mary D. Benson Abram George Owens (1860-1949) md. Grace May Owen Harriet "Hattie" Owens (1864-1870s) In adulthood, George worked as a farmer, a butcher and a lumberman. He enlisted in 1864 during the Civil War, but was discharged by court martial because of "contempt of military discipline". After marriage, he and his family apparently moved frequently. They lived in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; Delaware Co., New York; and Sullivan Co., New York; and then sometime between 1880 and 1882 the family moved out west to Dallas Co., Iowa. It is not clear if George died before, or after, the family moved to Iowa. His surviving children spread further and moved to Colorado, Washington and Illinois. Note that the Owen family history book 4 contains various errors about this family. His middle name was Webster, not Washington. His wife's name was Mary Ann, not Betsy. And the book also records that they had a daughter named Georgina who died at the age of 16 - but that is not corroborated by any evidence.
3	Joanna Adelia Owens was born on February 22, 1826 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 4,21. She died on August 1, 1917 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York 16,21. She is buried in the Riverview Cemetery, Hancock, Delaware Co., New York. She married James Nelson Crawford circa 1846 in Tompkins, Delaware Co., New York. (He was born circa 1813 in New York 8 and died in 1883 in Tompkins, Delaware Co., New York. He is buried in the Riverview Cemetery, Hancock, Delaware Co., New York.) They had the following children: Beulah Crawford (c. 1846-1850's) Anna Louise Crawford (1847-1915) Andrew Murray Crawford (1853-1925) md. Florence Irene Watson Helen "Nellie" Jane Crawford (1853-1897) md. Jonas Parks Frazier Frances Gertrude Crawford (1855-1943) md. 1st. Charles E. Van Orsdale md. 2nd. George W. Boothe Agnes Eugenia Crawford (1858-1937) md. Oscar Christian James Nelson Crawford (1860-1922) md. Mary M. Hall Adaline "Addie" Owens Crawford (1865-1955) md. 1st. John Morrison md. 2nd. Irving Gillespie Carrie May Crawford (1868-1893) md. Charles Almiron Wheat Joanna lived with her husband and children in the town of Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, for many years after their marriage. They were on the north side of the west branch of the Delaware River, about halfway between Deposit and Cannonsville. In 1883, she moved to the nearby village of Sidney Centre in the town of Sidney in Delaware County, New York, where she remained for many years. In old age, Joanna lived with her unmarried daughter Anna. After Anna died in 1915, Joanna moved to Brooklyn in New York City, where she lived with her daughter Addie. She died there in 1917 at the age of 91. Walton Reporter, Aug. 11, 1917, Pg. 6: "Mrs. Nelson Crawford. (From Sidney Center correspondent.) Mrs. Johanna Crawford, widow of Nelson Crawford, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Morrison in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The body was brought to Sidney Center, and the funeral services were held on Friday morning from the Baptist church, the Rev. V. G. Shaffer officiating. Burial in the family plot in Cannonsville. Mrs. Crawford had a long and interesting life. She was born when John Quincy Adams was president and had she lived until the 22nd of next February she would have been ninety-two years old. The Crawford family moved from Cannonsville to Sidney Center about forty years ago and they lived here until last fall when Mrs. Crawford went to Brooklyn to live with her daughter. Mrs. Crawford had belonged to the Baptist church from early girlhood. She was a woman of strong character and was highly respected and loved by all. She is survived by three daughters and two sons: Mrs. Morrison of Brooklyn, Mrs. George Booth of Sidney, Mrs. Oscar Christian of Ramsey, N. J., Nelson Crawford of Westport, Conn., and the Hon. Murray Crawford of Portland, Oregon."
4	Orange M. Owens was born on March 8, 1828 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 17,22. He died on April 15, 1903 in Burlington Township, Burlington Co., New Jersey 17. He married Hannah Myers, widow of James P. Hough, in 1872 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. (She was born circa 1833 in Pennsylvania 8 and died sometime between 1880 and 1900 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania.) They had no children, but he had one step-daughter, Lillie M. Hough Haldeman. Orange moved with his family to Wayne County, Pennsylvania during the 1840s. When they returned to New York during the 1850s, he apparently remained in Pennsylvania. He served in the Civil War out of Pennsylvania. He settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a farmer. He first applied for a Civil War pension in 1891. In about 1897, he moved to Burlington, New Jersey where he entered the Masonic Home, and died there in 1903. The Walton Reporter, Apr. 25, 1903, Pg. 4: "Orange Owens died at the Masonic Home at Burlington, N. J., April 18, aged 75 years. He was a brother of Mrs. A. Winters and has many other relatives here."
5	Mary Jane Owens
6	Agnes Eugenia Owens was born on September 17, 1832 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 22. She died on November 22, 1858 in Delaware Co., New York 22. She is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deposit, Delaware Co., New York. She married Stephen T. Kelsey sometime between 1850 and 1855 in Delaware Co., New York. (He was born circa 1829 in New York 9 and died sometime between 1892 and 1900 in Deposit, Delaware Co., New York. He is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deposit, Delaware Co., New York. They had no children.
7	John Waters Owens was born on August 17, 1835 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 22. He died on April 16, 1914 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin 11,12. He is buried in the Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin. He married Clarissa E. Tiffany circa 1869 in Delaware Co., New York. (She was born circa 1849 in Delaware Co., New York 8 and died sometime between 1878 and 1880.) They had the following children: Iona Lee Owens (1871-1924) md. James W. Rogers Austin William Owens (1875-1945) md. Catherine Beagle Fannie M. (Owens) Smith (1878-1955) md. Telford Patrick Sanderson John worked in adulthood as a carpenter and farmer. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War in 1862. He served in the New York Infantry for 3 years before being discharged in South Carolina in 1865. During his brief marriage, he and his wife lived in both Delaware County, New York and Broome County, New York. John was apparently still in Delaware County when he sold land there in January 1878. In 1883, John was living in Topeka, Kansas. Sometime between 1883 and 1889, he moved to Chicago, Illinois; where he remained for many years. In 1898, he was living in Omaha, Nebraska when he visited his nephew Louis Owens in Perry, Iowa. In January 1906, John visited his niece Charlotte Winters Wadleigh in Binghamton, New York. In 1908, he was again living in Chicago, Illinois. In 1913, John was living in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada. In March 1914, he was admitted to the Disabled Soldiers Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he died the following month. Walton Reporter, Apr. 25, 1914, Pg. 2: "John Owens (From Cannonsville correspondent.) G. O. Winters received the announcement of the death of his uncle John Owens at the Soldiers home in Milwaukee April 16 aged 78 years. At his request his remains were taken to Chicago in charge of Custer Port of that city, of which he was a member. Interment in the soldiers' plot in one of the city cemeteries. Mr. Owens was a native of this village, where the Owens family were prominent citizens. He was a son of Major Owens, one of a large family. Only two are surviving, Mrs. J. A. Crawford of Sidney Center, and Mrs. Olive K. Foster of Binghamton. Mr. Owens was a member of Co. A., N. Y. S. volunteers. Many years ago he went west, residing in a number of western states. He had accumulated considerable property. His entire estate was willed to his daughter in Chicago."
8	Olive Kilburn* Owen was born on February 20, 1838 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 22. She died on June 29, 1929 in Binghamton, Broome Co., New York 13. She is buried in the Floral Park Cemetery, Junction City, Broome Co., New York. She married George D. Foster circa 1867 in New York 8. (He was born in March 1842 in New York 8 and died in 1907 14 in Binghamton, Broome Co., New York. He is buried in the Floral Park Cemetery, Junction City, Broome Co., New York.) They had the following children: George Willis Foster (1869-1919) md. Susan Proper Frederick F. Foster (1872-1929) md. 1st. Ella S. Hill md. 2nd. Grace M. Haines, widow of Mr. Ames Kathleen M. Foster (1886-1949) [ADOPTED] Before her marriage, Olive worked as a school teacher. She often used the pet name "Dolly". George and Olive settled in Broome County, New York after their marriage where they lived in the town of Windsor. Later, sometime between 1880 and 1900, they moved to Binghamton, where they remained. George was a farmer and a mechanic. *Note: some online sources have listed her middle name as Kathleen, but that is incorrect. Her middle name was Kilburn, named afer her paternal grandmother. Walton Reporter, Jul. 6, 1929, Pg. 7: "Obituary Mrs. Olive Owens Foster (From Cannonsville correspondent.) Mrs. Olive Owens Foster, widow of the late George Foster, died at her home in Binghamton June 29 in her 91st year. The funeral which was private was held at her late home Monday afternoon, Rev. George Briggs, D. D., of Deposit, whose mother was a particular friend of the deceased, preached the sermon. Interment was in Floral Park cemetery, Binghamton, by the side of her husband, who passed away many years ago, and where their two sons are buried. Surviving is one daughter, Miss Kathleen Foster. Mrs. Foster was a sister of the late Mrs. S. (sic) Winters of Cannonsville and the last member of a family of eight children of Amasa (sic) Owens and wife and her early life was passed in the vicinity of Cannonsville and Granton. She was an educated woman with a keen intellect; in her younger days a teacher in the public schools. A loyal and faithful Christian, devoted to family and friends, until the past few yeras she was prominent in church and social circles. Hers was a generous and noble life."
9	Joseph Babcock Owens was born on February 20, 1843 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 9. He died on May 15, 1883 in Hodgeman Co., Kansas 9. He is buried in the Hanston Cemetery, Hodgeman Co., Kansas. He married Eliza Amelia Cannon sometime between 1865 and 1868 in New York. (She was born on March 5, 1839 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York 9 and died on August 20, 1916 in Jetmore, Hodgeman Co., Kansas 9. She is buried in the Hanston Cemetery, Hodgeman Co., Kansas.) They had the following children: Franklin Cannon Owens (1868-1931) md. Minnie J. Charlotte Jane Owens (1870-1964) md. Luther Silvius John Owens (1874-1883) Mary Owens (c. 1879-aft. 1895) Joseph Sheldon Owens (1882-1972) md. Anna Elizabeth Duncan Joseph enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 and served for four years until he was discharged in 1865. In 1870, he was living with his family in Tompkins County, New York. In 1874, they were somewhere in Pennsylvania. Sometime between 1874 and 1879, they moved to Hodgeman County, Kansas, where they remained. Joseph was a farmer.

Mary Jane Owens was born on April 20, 1830 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York ³. She died on February 10, 1908 in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., New York ^3,18. She is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Stilesville, Delaware Co., New York.

Father: Amherst Phelps Owen
Mother: Charlotte Huyck

Mary usually went by her middle name Jane. She was raised in or in the vicinity of Cannonsville, New York. When her family moved to Pennsylvania in the late 1840s, she apparently stayed behind and lived with her paternal grandparents in Cannonsville. Jane was married in Cannonsville on September 7, 1854 to Alphonso Winters. They lived on a farm in the outskirts of Cannonsville and had 3 children: Gordon, George and Charlotte.

In 1866, Jane and her family moved to the center of the village of Cannonsville, where her husband opened a general store. They remained at this location for the rest of their lives. Jane died on February 10, 1908 in Cannonsville, New York. She was originally buried in the Cannonsville Cemetery, Cannonsville, New York, but is now buried at the Oakwood Cemetery, in Stilesville, New York.

Walton Reporter, Feb. 15, 1908, Pg. 8:
"Mrs. Alonzo (sic) Winters.
(From Cannonsville correspondent.)
Jane Owens Winters, wife of A. Winters, died Monday, Feb. 10, aged 77 years and 9 months. The funeral was held in the Presbyterian church, of which she had long been a member, Thursday, Rev. W. Gritman conducting the services. Burial in the village cemetery. She had been an invalid and partially helpless for a number of years, the result of a shock of paralysis and had been failing gradually for some time, but was confined to her bed only a short time. Her husband; two sons, Gordon of this place and George of Core, West Virginia; one daughter, Mrs. O. S. Wadleigh of Brooklyn, and two sisters, Mrs. J. A. Crawford of Sidney and Mrs. Dollie Foster of Binghamton, and one brother, John Owens of Chicago, are left to mourn her loss."

For information on their children, see his page.

1. Munsell, W.W. History of Delaware County. W.W. Munsell & Co., New York, NY, 1880.
2. Matrimonial of Alphonso Winters and Jane Owens, Bloomville Mirror, September 1854
3. Tombstone inscriptions, Oakwood Cemetery, Stilesville, New York
4. Owen, Ralph D. Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, CT. Owen Family Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1941.
5. Wilson, Sylvia E. Huyck, Howk, Houck, in America, 1600's - 1982. Medina, WA, 1982.
6. Tombstone inscriptions, Walton Cemetery, Walton, New York
7. Baptism Record of Kinderhook Reformed Church: Kinderhook Kinderhook Reformed Church 1718-1899. (Ancestry.com)
8. Assorted US Federal census records
9. Online cemetery index, Hanston Cemetery, Hodgeman Co., Kansas
10. Online cemetery index, Congregational Church Cemetery, Sidney Plains, New York
11. Historical Registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. Familysearch.org
12. Burial register, Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
13. Obituary of Oliver K. Foster, Binghamton Press, Jun. 29, 1929, Pg. 3
14. Tombstone inscriptions, Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton, NY
15. Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com
. 16. New York State Death Index, 1880-1956.
17. Death certificate of Orange M. Owens, 1903, New Jersey, #9149 18. Obituary of Jane Owens Winters, Walton Reporter, Feb. 15, 1908, Pg. 8
19. Obituary of Alphonso Winters, Walton Reporter, Mar. 11, 1911, Pg. 2
20. Obituary of Orange Owens, Walton Reporter, Apr. 25, 1903, Pg. 4
21. Obituary of Mrs. Nelson Crawford, Walton Reporter, Aug. 11, 1917, Pg. 4
22. Foster Family Ancestors of Broome County, NY. By John Woodward for Arlene Darrigo, 2020.

Books of Interest:

Owen, Ralph D., Descendants of John Owen of Windsor, CT, Owen Family Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1941.