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James Corbett OWENS

James Corbett OWENS

Male 1900 - 1972  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name James Corbett OWENS
    Census 1900  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth Apr 1900  Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in marriage record as Apr 10 1900, but in SSDI as Apr 11 1900.
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920  Meade District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    road laborer at rock quarry 
    Residence 1948  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1950  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 4 Oct 1972  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I25177  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2022

    Father Joseph OWENS,   b. May 1837, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1922 (Age ~ 84 years)
    Mother Samantha DAWSON,   b. CA 1857, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F6836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Iva Maud MCCLAIN,   b. 17 Sep 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1936, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [7]
    Marriage 27 May 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 28 1930:
      Cobert (sic) Owens, 45 (sic), farm laborer; wife Ida (sic), 50 (sic); son Junior, 7; son Grant, 5; son Wayne, 3; dau Mary, 2; dau Pauline, 6 months; mother Samantha, 70, widow; mother-in-law Mary McClain, 75, widow.
      (Note: Ages of the adult member of the household appear to be incorrect.)
    Children 
    >1. Junior Corbett OWENS,   b. 19 Jun 1922, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1978 (Age 56 years)
    +2. James Grant OWENS,   b. 23 Nov 1923, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1983 (Age 59 years)
    +3. Kermit Wayne OWENS,   b. 24 Nov 1925, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1972, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +4. Mary Ann OWENS,   b. 24 May 1928, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1947, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    >5. Agnes Pauline OWENS,   b. 5 Nov 1929, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 2016, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     6. Lena Bell OWENS,   b. 26 Jan 1936, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1936, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    25177_CorbutOwens_IvaMcLane_MarriageRecord_27May1922.jpg    		25177_CorbutOwens_IvaMcLane_MarriageRecord_27May1922.jpg
    Family ID F9445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nellie Victoria FRASHUER,   b. 17 Aug 1907, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1948 (Age 40 years)  [9]
    Marriage 11 Jul 1936  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 2 1940 at Big Flint Road:
      Corbut Owens, 40, road laborer at rock quarry; wife Nell, 32; son Corbett Jr, 19; son Grant, 16; son Wayne, 14; dau Mary, 11; dau Agnus, 10; son Jimmy, 1.
    Children 
     1. James Oliver OWENS,   b. 26 Jun 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 2008, Pataskala, Licking Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +2. John Edward "Johnny" OWENS,   b. 16 Jun 1941, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 2021, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Documents
    25177_CorbutOwens_NellFrashuerKeith_MarriageRecord_11Jul1936.jpg    		25177_CorbutOwens_NellFrashuerKeith_MarriageRecord_11Jul1936.jpg
    Family ID F41043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Opal Gay DAY,   b. 23 Oct 1918   d. 18 Mar 1996 (Age 77 years)
    Marriage 16 Oct 1948  Rinehart (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on April 5, 1950 on "Big Flint Road leading west up the hollow behind the store, house on left":
      Corbut J. Owens, 49, occupation "sickness"; wife Opal, 31; son Jimmy O, 10; son Johnny E, 8; son Francis E, b. Aug 1949.
    Children 
    +1. Francis Eugene "Mike" OWENS,   b. 3 Aug 1949, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 2014, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Living
     3. Joseph G. "Buck" OWENS,   b. 28 Jul 1953   d. 1 Sep 2000 (Age 47 years)
    >4. Living
     5. Living
    Documents
    25177_CorbutOwens_OpalGayDay_MarriageRecord_16Oct1948.jpg    		25177_CorbutOwens_OpalGayDay_MarriageRecord_16Oct1948.jpg
    Family ID F6708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 139 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796230&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Corbut Owens, 22, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Iva McLane, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 27 1922 "at Mrs. Owens."

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    10. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR 473:http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10292235&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Corbut Owens, widower, 36, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Samantha Owens; and Mrs. Nell Keith, widow, 28, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of F. O. & Mary Frances Frashuer. Married Jul 11 1936 at Flint, Doddridge County, W.Va.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 198 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=176388&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Corbut Owens, widowed, 48, b. Apr 10 1900 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, son of Joseph & Samantha (Dawson) Owens; and Opal Gay Day, single, 30, b. Oct 23 1918 at Vincent, Doddridge Co, dau of Dan & Mary Ellen (Swiger) Day. Married Oct 16 1948 at Rinehart, W.Va.