Brief Life History of George D
When George D Owings was born on 17 February 1859, in Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, United States, his father, Preston H Owings, was 40 and his mother, Frances E Crosswhite, was 29. He lived in Knoxville Township, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 21 February 1914, in Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (6)
- George Owing, "United States Census, 1900"
- George D. Owings, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"
- Geo Owings in household of P H Owings, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1862 · The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Owens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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