Brief Life History of Sherman Thurman
When Sherman Thurman Owens Jr was born on 1 June 1928, in Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States, his father, Sherman Thurman Owens, was 39 and his mother, Rozan Estelle Elston, was 34. He married Etta Fern Moyers on 28 June 1947, in Madison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Fredericktown, Louisiana Territory, United States for about 10 years and Park Hills, St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 2002. He died on 14 October 2014, in Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Marcus Memorial Cemetery, St. Michael Township, Madison, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Sherman Owens in household of Sherman Owens, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sherman J Owens, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Sherman Thurman Owens, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
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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