DEATH OF THE OLDEST MAN IN MISSISSIPPI
Fulton - John Howard Owens was born September 21, 1758 and died the 27th day of May, 1873, being 114 years, eight months and six days old. There is nothing very remarkable to the 'history' of Mr. Owens, except the great age to which he lived. He was a native of North Carolina, but in what county he was born is not known. Mr. Owens was taken into camps of the Revolutionary War by an uncle, Captain Howard, not as a soldier, but to assist in taking care of the baggage, and frequently holding the horses in time of battles. Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War he moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia. Remaining there several years, he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee. He remained hereabout a short time and then settled in Jackson County, Alabama. He remained on the same plantation for 50 years. He then moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. After remaining there several years, he moved to his son's, Dr. W. B. Owens, two miles east of Fulton, in Itawamba County, where he received every attention that could be bestowed by a dutiful son to an aged parent.
Mr. Owens did not have the advantage of an education, and therefore did not aspire to any office during his long life, but remained closely on his farm until old age caused him to abandon it, after which he lived with his children until his death.
Mr. Owens was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 92 years, and died in full hope of a triumphant entry through the gates into the Eternal City.
Mr. Owens ocasionally used whiskey, but never was known to be intoxicated. He was a slave to the use of tobacco, and alternately smoked and chewed for 103 years.
Mr. Owens married in the thirty-seventh year of age to Miss Rhoda Beene. He raised 11 children, all of who are now living, the oldest being 74 and the youngest 49 years old. Strange to say, he never had a doctor called to his family; and he himself never took a dose of medicine. Mr. Owens was of small stature, never weighing over 130 pounds, but remarkably stout and healthy through life.
For 20 years before the death of Mr. Owens, he abandoned all the cares of this world, and calmly awaited the summons to be called home. He often said it was a sin to crave death, but that he was at all time ready to meet his God and render to him his stewardship.
For several days before his death he positively refused any nourishment whatever, but seemed perfectly calm and easy, until Tuesday, at 9 o'clock a.m., May 27, 1873, he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, without a struggle, when no doubt, angels accompanied his soul to the peaceful shores of eternity, there to dwell with God forever.
Source: Article from newspaper in Fulton, Mississippi, dated June 9, 1873.
Note: The year of birth on the marriage record and the article about John's death differ. Census records agree with the 1863 date making his age at death 109. Rhoda Bean Owens died in 1847 in Jackson County, Alabama. Sons Robert, Jesse B., and Jack remained in Alabama. Three children, Dicie, Obediah and John, moved on to Texas. Those that came on to Mississippi; William Bean, Howard W, Franklin Mabrey Lowrey, Martha and Sarah.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Owens
[John Howard Owens]
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NC
Birth Year: 1763
Spouse Name: Rhoda Bean
Spouse Birth Year: 1783
Marriage
Year: 1800
Number Pages: 1
Fulton - John Howard Owens was born September 21, 1758 and died the 27th day of May, 1873, being 114 years, eight months and six days old. There is nothing very remarkable to the 'history' of Mr. Owens, except the great age to which he lived. He was a native of North Carolina, but in what county he was born is not known. Mr. Owens was taken into camps of the Revolutionary War by an uncle, Captain Howard, not as a soldier, but to assist in taking care of the baggage, and frequently holding the horses in time of battles. Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War he moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia. Remaining there several years, he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee. He remained hereabout a short time and then settled in Jackson County, Alabama. He remained on the same plantation for 50 years. He then moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. After remaining there several years, he moved to his son's, Dr. W. B. Owens, two miles east of Fulton, in Itawamba County, where he received every attention that could be bestowed by a dutiful son to an aged parent.
Mr. Owens did not have the advantage of an education, and therefore did not aspire to any office during his long life, but remained closely on his farm until old age caused him to abandon it, after which he lived with his children until his death.
Mr. Owens was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 92 years, and died in full hope of a triumphant entry through the gates into the Eternal City.
Mr. Owens ocasionally used whiskey, but never was known to be intoxicated. He was a slave to the use of tobacco, and alternately smoked and chewed for 103 years.
Mr. Owens married in the thirty-seventh year of age to Miss Rhoda Beene. He raised 11 children, all of who are now living, the oldest being 74 and the youngest 49 years old. Strange to say, he never had a doctor called to his family; and he himself never took a dose of medicine. Mr. Owens was of small stature, never weighing over 130 pounds, but remarkably stout and healthy through life.
For 20 years before the death of Mr. Owens, he abandoned all the cares of this world, and calmly awaited the summons to be called home. He often said it was a sin to crave death, but that he was at all time ready to meet his God and render to him his stewardship.
For several days before his death he positively refused any nourishment whatever, but seemed perfectly calm and easy, until Tuesday, at 9 o'clock a.m., May 27, 1873, he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, without a struggle, when no doubt, angels accompanied his soul to the peaceful shores of eternity, there to dwell with God forever.
Source: Article from newspaper in Fulton, Mississippi, dated June 9, 1873.
Note: The year of birth on the marriage record and the article about John's death differ. Census records agree with the 1863 date making his age at death 109. Rhoda Bean Owens died in 1847 in Jackson County, Alabama. Sons Robert, Jesse B., and Jack remained in Alabama. Three children, Dicie, Obediah and John, moved on to Texas. Those that came on to Mississippi; William Bean, Howard W, Franklin Mabrey Lowrey, Martha and Sarah.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Owens
[John Howard Owens]
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NC
Birth Year: 1763
Spouse Name: Rhoda Bean
Spouse Birth Year: 1783
Marriage
Year: 1800
Number Pages: 1
DEATH OF THE OLDEST MAN IN MISSISSIPPI
Fulton - John Howard Owens was born September 21, 1758 and died the 27th day of May, 1873, being 114 years, eight months and six days old. There is nothing very remarkable to the 'history' of Mr. Owens, except the great age to which he lived. He was a native of North Carolina, but in what county he was born is not known. Mr. Owens was taken into camps of the Revolutionary War by an uncle, Captain Howard, not as a soldier, but to assist in taking care of the baggage, and frequently holding the horses in time of battles. Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War he moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia. Remaining there several years, he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee. He remained hereabout a short time and then settled in Jackson County, Alabama. He remained on the same plantation for 50 years. He then moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. After remaining there several years, he moved to his son's, Dr. W. B. Owens, two miles east of Fulton, in Itawamba County, where he received every attention that could be bestowed by a dutiful son to an aged parent.
Mr. Owens did not have the advantage of an education, and therefore did not aspire to any office during his long life, but remained closely on his farm until old age caused him to abandon it, after which he lived with his children until his death.
Mr. Owens was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 92 years, and died in full hope of a triumphant entry through the gates into the Eternal City.
Mr. Owens ocasionally used whiskey, but never was known to be intoxicated. He was a slave to the use of tobacco, and alternately smoked and chewed for 103 years.
Mr. Owens married in the thirty-seventh year of age to Miss Rhoda Beene. He raised 11 children, all of who are now living, the oldest being 74 and the youngest 49 years old. Strange to say, he never had a doctor called to his family; and he himself never took a dose of medicine. Mr. Owens was of small stature, never weighing over 130 pounds, but remarkably stout and healthy through life.
For 20 years before the death of Mr. Owens, he abandoned all the cares of this world, and calmly awaited the summons to be called home. He often said it was a sin to crave death, but that he was at all time ready to meet his God and render to him his stewardship.
For several days before his death he positively refused any nourishment whatever, but seemed perfectly calm and easy, until Tuesday, at 9 o'clock a.m., May 27, 1873, he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, without a struggle, when no doubt, angels accompanied his soul to the peaceful shores of eternity, there to dwell with God forever.
Source: Article from newspaper in Fulton, Mississippi, dated June 9, 1873.
Note: The year of birth on the marriage record and the article about John's death differ. Census records agree with the 1863 date making his age at death 109. Rhoda Bean Owens died in 1847 in Jackson County, Alabama. Sons Robert, Jesse B., and Jack remained in Alabama. Three children, Dicie, Obediah and John, moved on to Texas. Those that came on to Mississippi; William Bean, Howard W, Franklin Mabrey Lowrey, Martha and Sarah.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Owens
[John Howard Owens]
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NC
Birth Year: 1763
Spouse Name: Rhoda Bean
Spouse Birth Year: 1783
Marriage
Year: 1800
Number Pages: 1
Fulton - John Howard Owens was born September 21, 1758 and died the 27th day of May, 1873, being 114 years, eight months and six days old. There is nothing very remarkable to the 'history' of Mr. Owens, except the great age to which he lived. He was a native of North Carolina, but in what county he was born is not known. Mr. Owens was taken into camps of the Revolutionary War by an uncle, Captain Howard, not as a soldier, but to assist in taking care of the baggage, and frequently holding the horses in time of battles. Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War he moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia. Remaining there several years, he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee. He remained hereabout a short time and then settled in Jackson County, Alabama. He remained on the same plantation for 50 years. He then moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi. After remaining there several years, he moved to his son's, Dr. W. B. Owens, two miles east of Fulton, in Itawamba County, where he received every attention that could be bestowed by a dutiful son to an aged parent.
Mr. Owens did not have the advantage of an education, and therefore did not aspire to any office during his long life, but remained closely on his farm until old age caused him to abandon it, after which he lived with his children until his death.
Mr. Owens was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for 92 years, and died in full hope of a triumphant entry through the gates into the Eternal City.
Mr. Owens ocasionally used whiskey, but never was known to be intoxicated. He was a slave to the use of tobacco, and alternately smoked and chewed for 103 years.
Mr. Owens married in the thirty-seventh year of age to Miss Rhoda Beene. He raised 11 children, all of who are now living, the oldest being 74 and the youngest 49 years old. Strange to say, he never had a doctor called to his family; and he himself never took a dose of medicine. Mr. Owens was of small stature, never weighing over 130 pounds, but remarkably stout and healthy through life.
For 20 years before the death of Mr. Owens, he abandoned all the cares of this world, and calmly awaited the summons to be called home. He often said it was a sin to crave death, but that he was at all time ready to meet his God and render to him his stewardship.
For several days before his death he positively refused any nourishment whatever, but seemed perfectly calm and easy, until Tuesday, at 9 o'clock a.m., May 27, 1873, he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, without a struggle, when no doubt, angels accompanied his soul to the peaceful shores of eternity, there to dwell with God forever.
Source: Article from newspaper in Fulton, Mississippi, dated June 9, 1873.
Note: The year of birth on the marriage record and the article about John's death differ. Census records agree with the 1863 date making his age at death 109. Rhoda Bean Owens died in 1847 in Jackson County, Alabama. Sons Robert, Jesse B., and Jack remained in Alabama. Three children, Dicie, Obediah and John, moved on to Texas. Those that came on to Mississippi; William Bean, Howard W, Franklin Mabrey Lowrey, Martha and Sarah.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Owens
[John Howard Owens]
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NC
Birth Year: 1763
Spouse Name: Rhoda Bean
Spouse Birth Year: 1783
Marriage
Year: 1800
Number Pages: 1
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