Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Owens was born on 24 September 1823, in Missouri, United States, her father, Robert Marion Owens, was 30 and her mother, Martha Hampton Herring, was 25. She married Menoah J. Beamer about 1840, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Saline, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Middleton Township, Lafayette, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 24 November 1872, in Blackburn, Saline, Missouri, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Blackburn, Saline, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Mary Owens in entry for Laura Elizabeth Cropp, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mary Beamer in household of Robert Owens, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Temer in household of Vanilla Temer, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1818–1900 Male
1823–1872 Female
Children (10)
1846–1900 Male
1849–1899 Male
1851–1885 Female
1854–1936 Female
1855–1940 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1793–1870 Male
1798–1873 Female
Siblings (12)
1818–1878 Female
1820–1855 Male
1823–1872 Female
1825–1896 Female
1828–1891 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (5)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 2
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 7
1846
Age 23
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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