Nephy Owens

Brief Life History of Nephy

When Nephy Owens was born on 24 March 1844, in McCracken, Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Owens, was 25 and his mother, Catherine Ann Williams, was 24. He married Elizabeth Ann Campbell about 1859, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 3 October 1927, in Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nephy Owens
1844–1927
Elizabeth Ann Campbell
1843–1913
Marriage: about 1859
Emily Ann Owens
1868–1907
Mary Catherine Owens
1869–1952
Elizabeth Jane Owens
1870–1929
Robert Nelson Owens
1872–1941
Jerome William Owens
1874–1936
Isabella A Owens
1878–1905
Louzetta Amy Owens
1881–1941
Josephine Maude Owens
1881–1929
Elmer Nephi Owens
1883–1945
Polly K Owens
1889–1962

Sources (20)

  • Nephi Owens, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Nephi Owens, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Nephi Owens in entry for William Jerome Owens, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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Biography of Nephi Owens 1844-1927

Catherine Ann (Williams) and Robert Owens were married on the 22nd of October 1837, in Franklin County, Ohio. They moved around quite often. They were in Madison County, Indiana, Whitt County then Ga …

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