 Birth | 1836 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Rebecca Ann Reed — View this family November 19, 1857 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary F Owens 1859 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | July 7, 1860 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles W Owens 1861 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William J Owens 1862 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Robert Edward Owens May 9, 1864 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a son #5 | Nelson Owens September 10, 1867 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 31 years)Note: 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 1867 (Age 31 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #6 | Benjamin Owens November 3, 1869 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 33 years)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 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Noah Monroe Owens March 25, 1872 (Age 36 years) |
 Death | November 1872 (Age 36 years) Note: Death date taken from a Family Tree listed in Ancestry. |