Many thanks to David H. Streets for virtually all the information about the children of Joseph Owens and Sarah Coffey.
1. Eleanor Ellen Owens (b. abt 1763 at Baltimore, Maryland; d. Feb 1852 at Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee); abt 1785 she married Solomon Geron (1761-1841)
2. ?Samuel Owens (b. abt 1768; d. Apr 1811); m. Rebeckah (possibly McCrary) see below for more information about their family
3. Edward Owen or Owings (b. abt 1766; d. 23 Oct 1857 at Post Oak, Roane, TN); abt 1789 at Burke, NC, he married Edith Sumpter (1763-1845
Samuel Owens was born abt 1768 probably at Burke, North Carolina possibly to Bezaleel Owens and an unknown mother. I am not 100% sure of his parentage. He died Apr 1811 at Burke, North Carolina. In 1787 he married Rebeckah (last name might be McCrary and her father may have been Joseph McCrary)). She was born abt 1767 and d. before 1820. They had at least two children:
1. Joseph Owens (1787-1875) see below
2. Washington Simeon Owens, b. abt 1790 likely in Tennessee; d. Sept 1829 in Wayne County, KY. Married Anna Coffey (1792-1886, daughter of Reuben Coffey (1759-1842) and Mildred Millie Morris (1770-1842).
Joseph Owens was born 23 May 1787 at Burke Co., North Carolina to Samuel and Rebeckah Owens. He died 10 Jun 1875 at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. On 25 Apr 1810 he married Sarah "Sally" Coffey at Burke, NC.
Sarah "Sally" Coffey was born 19 Jul 1787 at Wilkes County, North Carolina to Reuben Coffey (1759-1842) and Mildred "Millie" Morris (1761-1842). She died 6 Sep 1861 at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Joseph and Sarah (Coffey) Owens had at least the following children:
1. Samuel Washington "Wash" Owens, b. 7 Jun 1811 at Burke Co., NC; d. 16 Jun 1874 in Carroll Co., Arkansas. On 10 Jul 1829, he m. Elizabeth Burton (b. 22 May 1807; d. 22 Nov 1880). They had no children together, but Samuel fathered three children with a former slave named Martha Owens (b. abt 1842 in TN, not found after the 1870 census. Samuel, Elizabeth, Martha and the three children are living in Prairie, Carroll Co., Arkansas on the 1870 federal census. Samuel and Martha's children were:
a. Mary Frances "Frank" Owens, b. abt 1862
b. Burrough "Burr" "Oak" "Coaley" Owens, b. abt 1864 in Carroll County, Arkansas; d. 11 Feb 1936 at Knox Co., TX
c. Arkansas Owens, b. abt 1866 at Carroll Co., Arkansas
according to the notes of David H. Streets, an Owens genealogist, the three Owens children left Arkansas after 1885. "They had been left 40 acres of land in the will of Samuel W. Owens's widow Elizabeth in 1880, but records indicate they were cheated out of their inheritance by a man named W. H. Wood."
2. Sidney Coffey Owens, b. 31 Dc 1812 at Burke Co., NC; d. 25 Dec 1834 at Wayne Co., KY
3. Charles Oliver Owens, b. 2 Jul 1815 at Burke Co., NC; d. after 1880 in St. Charles Co., Missouri; on 24 May 1862 at Wayne Co., KY, he marrried Julia Gorma (b. 1838 Ireland).
4. Reuben Asbury "R.A." Owens, b. 12 Jan 1818 at Burke Co., NC; d. abt 1848
5. Joseph Singleton Owens, b. 26 Sep 1820 at Wayne Co., KY; d. 23 Dec 1861 in Bedford, TN; on 6 Nov 1842 he married his first wife, Nancy Eglentine Graham (b. 26 Jul 1821; d. 3 Aug 1853). They had the following children:
a.Margaret J. Owens, b. abt 1844
b.Mary Elizabeth Owens, b. 8 Jun 1846 in TN, d. 2 Jun 1932 at Nashville, TN. On 22 Nov 1896 she married William Patrick Coleman (1848-1911).
c.William T. Owens, b. 17 Jun 1849; d. May 1850
Joseph's second wife was Susan P. Hallyburton (b. Jun 1835; d. abt 1924).They had the following children:
d. R. Henry Owens, b. 26 Sep 1858 TN; d. 10 Dec 1925 at San Antonio, Bexar, TX. He married Rosalie Dixon (1876-1938) and they had at least two daughters:Artie Owens (1888-1974) and Beulah Elizabeth Owens (1892-1980)
e. and possibly a posthumus child, James P.W. Owens, born May 1862.
6. Serena (Cyrena?) Ann "Rena" Owens, b. 30 Aug 1822 at Wyane Co., KY; in 1839 she married Fletcher Donaldson Frost (b. Jul 1813; d. 20 Aug 1902) the son of James Frost and Annis Hall. Note, Serena's sister Almira married Fletcher's brother, Corydon. They had the following children:
a. Shelby Coffey Frost, b. Jan 1840 KY; d. 12 May 1911, Shoshone, Lincoln Co, Idaho; m. Maria J Wilson (1840-1919). They had the following children: Willa Arizona Frost (1870-1965); Fletcher Campbell Frost (1872-1943); Fountain Oliver Frost (1876-1962); Mary S. Texas Frost (1879-1938); and possibly Lissie Frost (b. abt 1881)
b. Fountain T. Fox "Fount" Frost, b 1842; he ws a Confederate officer who was killed in action in Sep 1863.
c. Samuel Washington Frost, b. abt 1844; He was also a Confederate solder who according to David Streets' research was "taken prisoner and died at prisoner of war camp in Chicago" on 26 Mar 1864. He is buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL.
d. Sarah M. Texas Frost, b. 2 Sep 1845; d. 30 Dec 1923 at Lynchburg, Ohio. On 8 Feb 1865 at Russell Co., KY she married Oscar Rowe (1841-1892).
e. Alexander Campbell Frost, b. at 1847; d. abt 1899? He served in the Union army. On 23 Sep 1888 at Carroll Co., Arkansas he married Lizzie Rains (b. 1869)
f. Virginia C. "Jennie" Frost, b. 19 Nov 1850; d. 28 Nov 1912 FL; on 20 Jan 1869 at Wayne Co., KY she m. Oliver Rowe (1839-1910). They had the following children: Joseph B. Rowe (1870-1951); Joseph Shelby Rowe (1872-1903); Tennessee May (Tennie) Rowe (1875-1950); Nancy French (Nannie) Rowe (1882-1938); Henry Watterson (Watt) Rowe (1887-1971)
g. Tennessee Almira Frost, b. 10 May 1852; d in the 1890s?; on 20 Jan 1870 at Wayne Co., KY she m. Wesley Menifee Duncan (1848-1925). They divorced in 1876. They had at least 2 children: Charlie Edna Duncan (1871-1901) and Samuel Oliver Duncan (1875-1938)
7. Sarah Malissa Owens, b. 5 Dec 1824 at Wayne Co., KY; d. 1 Aug 1895 at WayneCo., KY on 10 Mar 1846 she married Ezekiel French Fewston (b. 1 Mar 1814; d. 21 Jan 1906). They had no children.
8. Almira Jenette Owens, b. 1 Jun 1827 at Wyane County, KY and died there on 21 Feb 1918. On 8 Jan 1848 she married Corydon Frost (1823-1894). Go to the Frost page for more information about their family, which is documented on that page.
9. America Legrand Owens, b. 22 Nov 1829 at Wayne Co., KY; d. 4 Mar 1909 at Bell Co., TX; married John M. Gibson (b. 10 Apr 1829; d. 24 Nov 1916). Their children:
a. Joseph Gibson, b. 13 Jun 1859; d. 13 May 1899. On 28 Nov 1882, he m. Lusettie Phipps (b. 8 Mar 1864). They had the following children:
1. Owen Alonzo Gibson, b. 18 Oct 1883
2. Gertie L. Gibson, b. Jun 1886; first married Luther L. Easley (b. abt 1885); second married Clarence Elmer Cook (b. 24 Jun 1879)
3. Ernest O. Gibson, b. Dec 1891
b. Sarah E. Gibson, born 8 Aug 1863; d. 19 Jul 1864
c. Margaret S. "Maggie" Gibson, b. 28 May 1866; d. 14 May 1892; on 18 Dec 1887 at Bell Co., Texas she married John Thomas Morgan (1851-1922). They had the following children:
1. Marvin S. Morgan, b. Dec 1888; d. Mar 1975; m. Mary Serena Capterton
2. Monte B. Morgan, b. Apr 1890; d. Jan 1957; m. Catherine Cox
3. Margaret Gail Morgan, b. abt 1892
d. Mary Ellen "Mollie" Givson, b. 4 Apr 1870; on 21 Nov 1886 m. Thomas Poland Blankenship (1860-1936). They had one child:
1. Ethel M. Blankenship, b. Feb 1888; abt 1911 she m. Robert S. Mays (b. abt 1888)
e. Malissa Katherine "Kate" Gibson, b. 22 Jul 1873; d. 19 Oct 1954 at McLennan, TX; on 13 Nov 1892 she married Sam M. Morgan (1865-1920). They had the following children:
1. John Thomas Morgan, b. 3 Nov 1894; d. Aug 1971; m. Annie Missouri Berry
2. Raymond S. Morgan, b. 3 Nov 1898; d. Nov 1985
3. Estelle L. Mogan, b. 21 Nov 1903; d. 19 May 1989 at Gatesville, TX; on 23 Nov 1927 she m. Roy Rampy (1905-1946)
4 Ruby Pauline Morgan, b. 13 Nov 1905; d. 10 Oct 1993 at Port Neches, TX; m. Luther Corbin (1903-1969)
5. Ona Mae Morgan, b. 16 Jul 1908; d. Aug 1987; m. James A. Atchley.
6. Thelma Morgan, b 22 Dec 1910; d. Sep 1977 at Coachella, CA; m. Ralph Lancaster (1912-1976)
7. Doyle F. Morgan, b. abt 1913
f. William F. Gibson,b. 7 May 1877; d. 12 Mar 1931; on 15 Jun 1902 he m. Maud M. Easley (1883-1960).They had the following children:
1. John Homer Gibson, b. 30 Jul 1904; d. 18 Jul 1955
2. Gladys M. Givson, b. abt 1910
3. Chester W. Gibson, b. abt 1911; d. 24 Dec 1955 at Travis Co., Texas
4. Lester W. Gibson, b. abt 1911
5. Eleanor M. Gibson, b. abt 1913
Almira Jenette Owens was born 1 Jun 1827 at Wayne County, Kentucky to Joseph Owens and Sarah Coffey. She died 21 Feb 1918 at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky of cancer. She married Stuart Corydon "Cord" Frost.
Corydon Frost was born 30 May 1823 at Wayne County, Kentucky to James Frost (Jr) and Annis Hall. Corydon Frost died in Wayne County, Kentucky on 19 February 1894. He is buried in the Gap Creek Cemetery in Wayne County, KY. They had at least 9 children: Joseph, Serena, Sara, James, Charles, John, Mary, Grant, and Hiram. Go to the FROST web page for more detailed information about their children and descendants.
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