Nelson OwensAge: 72 years1867–1940
- Name
- Nelson Owens
- Given names
- Nelson
- Surname
- Owens
 Birth | September 10, 1867 31 31 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Benjamin Owens November 3, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 9, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Noah Monroe Owens March 25, 1872 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Owens November 1872 (Age 5 years) Note: Death date taken from a Family Tree listed in Ancestry. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Shemwell February 22, 1879 (Age 11 years) Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky |
 Religious marriage | Annie E Washam — View this family March 3, 1892 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Charles W Owens July 17, 1913 (Age 45 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a brother | Charles W Owens July 17, 1913 (Age 45 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Sand Hill Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Ann Reed February 14, 1919 (Age 51 years) Cause: Influenza |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | February 5, 1940 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | February 6, 1940 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Owens Birth: 1836 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 1872 |
| mother |
Rebecca Ann Reed Birth: February 7, 1836 31 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1919 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 19, 1857 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary F Owens Birth: 1859 23 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Charles W Owens Birth: 1861 25 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 17, 1913 — Harvey, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William J Owens Birth: 1862 26 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert Edward Owens Birth: May 9, 1864 28 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1948 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years himself |
Nelson Owens Birth: September 10, 1867 31 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1940 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Benjamin Owens Birth: November 3, 1869 33 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 28, 1945 |
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2 years younger brother |
Noah Monroe Owens Birth: March 25, 1872 36 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1960 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Annie E Washam |
| himself |
Nelson Owens Birth: September 10, 1867 31 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1940 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Annie E Washam Birth: 1873 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: March 3, 1892 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Nelson Owens has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (15)
Parents William Murphy Reed + Margaret McCain
Parents Milus G Reed + Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Owens
Parents Milus G Reed + Mary “Polly” Roach
Parents Henry S Reed + Sarah L Wood
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Owens - Household
Dist 2, Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
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