Consort of Sarah M Owens
"A loving husband and father dear
A faithful friend lies buried here"
Willis Callaway Owens
Born August 2, 1811 - Indiana/Kentucky
Died September 5, 1866
Husband to Sarah M.
Born September 12, 1812 Kentucky/Virginia
Died August 13, 1873
Farmer and justice of the peace of Jackson County, Indiana. He performed many marriages. His family apparently attended Bethany Baptist which is near Austin, and Crothersville (his daughter's obituary said she attended at a young age there). His two sons entered the ministry.
His mother died when he was young and it appears his father, John, son of John Owens of Clark County, stayed long enough for the children to be taken care of and then moved to Washington County, Missouri to join his brother James; 3 of his in-laws, Charity Callaway Collier, Elizabeth Callaway Robinson and Peter Callaway, siblings to his deceased wife, Rachel Callaway, had previously moved to the same region in Missouri. It's more than likely that he moved there at their encouragement to get work as a miner; and there he remarried. This explains why there is no record of him in Scott or Jackson County after after late 1820's.
Descended from Indian Trader John of PA, proven via a genetic test of Willis' descendant Garry Owens. The Owens family were intimately associated with the westward expansion; from PA to Bracken County KY, to Fort Nelson (Louisville) then crossing the river into Indiana Territory and initially settling at the fledgling community of (old) Clarksville.
Capt. David Owens, Willis' great-grandfather, was with George Rogers Clark when he descended the Ohio. David's brother Capt. George Owens defended Fort Jefferson; and both served at Fort Nelson at what is now Louisville. As mentioned, Captain David settled with his sons David Jr and John Owens at the new Clarksville settlement in Clark County (the third son James joined his brothers later from Bracken County, KY).
Per right of attorney records Captain David died in or before 1803.
Willis appears to be the grandson of John Owens and Sarah Jackson of Clark County, Indiana. This John Owens was a son of Captain David Owens. John Owens and Sarah Jackson had a son named John. A John Owens (presumably the same?) married a Rachel Callaway, daughter of Samuel Callaway. I believe that Willis Callaway Owens is their son. Genetic testing, via Ancestry.com seems to indicate that Willis' descendants have Callaway DNA of the same line as Rachel's father Samuel Callaway of Clark County .
Stones for Willis Owens and Sarah M. Owens restored by Brad Manzenberger who was commissioned by Willis' g.g.g. grandson J. Loppnow.
"A loving husband and father dear
A faithful friend lies buried here"
Willis Callaway Owens
Born August 2, 1811 - Indiana/Kentucky
Died September 5, 1866
Husband to Sarah M.
Born September 12, 1812 Kentucky/Virginia
Died August 13, 1873
Farmer and justice of the peace of Jackson County, Indiana. He performed many marriages. His family apparently attended Bethany Baptist which is near Austin, and Crothersville (his daughter's obituary said she attended at a young age there). His two sons entered the ministry.
His mother died when he was young and it appears his father, John, son of John Owens of Clark County, stayed long enough for the children to be taken care of and then moved to Washington County, Missouri to join his brother James; 3 of his in-laws, Charity Callaway Collier, Elizabeth Callaway Robinson and Peter Callaway, siblings to his deceased wife, Rachel Callaway, had previously moved to the same region in Missouri. It's more than likely that he moved there at their encouragement to get work as a miner; and there he remarried. This explains why there is no record of him in Scott or Jackson County after after late 1820's.
Descended from Indian Trader John of PA, proven via a genetic test of Willis' descendant Garry Owens. The Owens family were intimately associated with the westward expansion; from PA to Bracken County KY, to Fort Nelson (Louisville) then crossing the river into Indiana Territory and initially settling at the fledgling community of (old) Clarksville.
Capt. David Owens, Willis' great-grandfather, was with George Rogers Clark when he descended the Ohio. David's brother Capt. George Owens defended Fort Jefferson; and both served at Fort Nelson at what is now Louisville. As mentioned, Captain David settled with his sons David Jr and John Owens at the new Clarksville settlement in Clark County (the third son James joined his brothers later from Bracken County, KY).
Per right of attorney records Captain David died in or before 1803.
Willis appears to be the grandson of John Owens and Sarah Jackson of Clark County, Indiana. This John Owens was a son of Captain David Owens. John Owens and Sarah Jackson had a son named John. A John Owens (presumably the same?) married a Rachel Callaway, daughter of Samuel Callaway. I believe that Willis Callaway Owens is their son. Genetic testing, via Ancestry.com seems to indicate that Willis' descendants have Callaway DNA of the same line as Rachel's father Samuel Callaway of Clark County .
Stones for Willis Owens and Sarah M. Owens restored by Brad Manzenberger who was commissioned by Willis' g.g.g. grandson J. Loppnow.
Consort of Sarah M Owens
"A loving husband and father dear
A faithful friend lies buried here"
Willis Callaway Owens
Born August 2, 1811 - Indiana/Kentucky
Died September 5, 1866
Husband to Sarah M.
Born September 12, 1812 Kentucky/Virginia
Died August 13, 1873
Farmer and justice of the peace of Jackson County, Indiana. He performed many marriages. His family apparently attended Bethany Baptist which is near Austin, and Crothersville (his daughter's obituary said she attended at a young age there). His two sons entered the ministry.
His mother died when he was young and it appears his father, John, son of John Owens of Clark County, stayed long enough for the children to be taken care of and then moved to Washington County, Missouri to join his brother James; 3 of his in-laws, Charity Callaway Collier, Elizabeth Callaway Robinson and Peter Callaway, siblings to his deceased wife, Rachel Callaway, had previously moved to the same region in Missouri. It's more than likely that he moved there at their encouragement to get work as a miner; and there he remarried. This explains why there is no record of him in Scott or Jackson County after after late 1820's.
Descended from Indian Trader John of PA, proven via a genetic test of Willis' descendant Garry Owens. The Owens family were intimately associated with the westward expansion; from PA to Bracken County KY, to Fort Nelson (Louisville) then crossing the river into Indiana Territory and initially settling at the fledgling community of (old) Clarksville.
Capt. David Owens, Willis' great-grandfather, was with George Rogers Clark when he descended the Ohio. David's brother Capt. George Owens defended Fort Jefferson; and both served at Fort Nelson at what is now Louisville. As mentioned, Captain David settled with his sons David Jr and John Owens at the new Clarksville settlement in Clark County (the third son James joined his brothers later from Bracken County, KY).
Per right of attorney records Captain David died in or before 1803.
Willis appears to be the grandson of John Owens and Sarah Jackson of Clark County, Indiana. This John Owens was a son of Captain David Owens. John Owens and Sarah Jackson had a son named John. A John Owens (presumably the same?) married a Rachel Callaway, daughter of Samuel Callaway. I believe that Willis Callaway Owens is their son. Genetic testing, via Ancestry.com seems to indicate that Willis' descendants have Callaway DNA of the same line as Rachel's father Samuel Callaway of Clark County .
Stones for Willis Owens and Sarah M. Owens restored by Brad Manzenberger who was commissioned by Willis' g.g.g. grandson J. Loppnow.
"A loving husband and father dear
A faithful friend lies buried here"
Willis Callaway Owens
Born August 2, 1811 - Indiana/Kentucky
Died September 5, 1866
Husband to Sarah M.
Born September 12, 1812 Kentucky/Virginia
Died August 13, 1873
Farmer and justice of the peace of Jackson County, Indiana. He performed many marriages. His family apparently attended Bethany Baptist which is near Austin, and Crothersville (his daughter's obituary said she attended at a young age there). His two sons entered the ministry.
His mother died when he was young and it appears his father, John, son of John Owens of Clark County, stayed long enough for the children to be taken care of and then moved to Washington County, Missouri to join his brother James; 3 of his in-laws, Charity Callaway Collier, Elizabeth Callaway Robinson and Peter Callaway, siblings to his deceased wife, Rachel Callaway, had previously moved to the same region in Missouri. It's more than likely that he moved there at their encouragement to get work as a miner; and there he remarried. This explains why there is no record of him in Scott or Jackson County after after late 1820's.
Descended from Indian Trader John of PA, proven via a genetic test of Willis' descendant Garry Owens. The Owens family were intimately associated with the westward expansion; from PA to Bracken County KY, to Fort Nelson (Louisville) then crossing the river into Indiana Territory and initially settling at the fledgling community of (old) Clarksville.
Capt. David Owens, Willis' great-grandfather, was with George Rogers Clark when he descended the Ohio. David's brother Capt. George Owens defended Fort Jefferson; and both served at Fort Nelson at what is now Louisville. As mentioned, Captain David settled with his sons David Jr and John Owens at the new Clarksville settlement in Clark County (the third son James joined his brothers later from Bracken County, KY).
Per right of attorney records Captain David died in or before 1803.
Willis appears to be the grandson of John Owens and Sarah Jackson of Clark County, Indiana. This John Owens was a son of Captain David Owens. John Owens and Sarah Jackson had a son named John. A John Owens (presumably the same?) married a Rachel Callaway, daughter of Samuel Callaway. I believe that Willis Callaway Owens is their son. Genetic testing, via Ancestry.com seems to indicate that Willis' descendants have Callaway DNA of the same line as Rachel's father Samuel Callaway of Clark County .
Stones for Willis Owens and Sarah M. Owens restored by Brad Manzenberger who was commissioned by Willis' g.g.g. grandson J. Loppnow.
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