Robert Edward OwensAge: 84 years1864–1948
- Name
- Robert Edward Owens
- Given names
- Robert Edward
- Surname
- Owens
 Birth | May 9, 1864 28 28 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 brother | Nelson Owens September 10, 1867 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)Note: 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 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Noah Monroe Owens March 25, 1872 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Owens November 1872 (Age 8 years) Note: Death date taken from a Family Tree listed in Ancestry. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 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 14 years) Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky |
 Civil marriage | Ines Elkins Wyatt — View this family September 13, 1891 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 49 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a brother | Charles W Owens July 17, 1913 (Age 49 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Sand Hill Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 54 years) Cause: Influenza |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 of a brother | Nelson Owens February 5, 1940 (Age 75 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Nelson Owens February 6, 1940 (Age 75 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Owens November 28, 1945 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 31, 1948 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | January 1, 1949 (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 himself |
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 younger brother |
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 Ines Elkins Wyatt |
| himself |
Robert Edward Owens Birth: May 9, 1864 28 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1948 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Ines Elkins Wyatt Birth: October 21, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1952 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 13, 1891 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Robert Edward 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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