Richard John Owsley

Brief Life History of Richard John

When Richard John Owsley was born on 12 June 1868, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Noble Owsley, was 62 and his mother, Angeline Stockton, was 34. He married Olive Jane Mizner on 15 November 1892, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in La Harpe Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 1 April 1922, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

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Richard John Owsley
1868–1922
Olive Jane Mizner
1868–1957
Marriage: 15 November 1892
Arlie Lester Owsley
1896–1960
Geneva Maira Owsley
1899–1977
Delpha Annis Owsley
1903–1987
Hollis Mizner Owsley
1905–1987

Sources (22)

  • Richard Owsley in household of Noble Owsley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Richard J. Owsley, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Richard John Owsley, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1871

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1885 · The First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Ousley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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