Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Owen was born on 29 October 1860, in Polk, Missouri, United States, her father, Armstead F Owen, was 29 and her mother, Louisa Jane Wright, was 29. She married Madison Green Davis on 10 May 1878, in Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Jackson Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 26 November 1929, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, West Alton, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary E Owens in household of Armsted Owens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary E Davis, "Missouri Births, 1817-1939"
- Mary Elizabeth Owens Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866
Historical Boundaries 1866: Saint Charles, Missouri, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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