When Rosetta Jane Owen was born on 21 January 1840, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States, her father, Michael Wiley Owen, was 21 and her mother, Mary Ann Quarles, was 18. She married George Wilkes Stovall on 6 January 1859, in Forsyth, Monroe, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in District 841, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Chestatee, Forsyth, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 December 1926, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States.