John Andrew Leo Owens (1911 - 1917)

Born 4 Jul 1911 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Apr 1917 at age 5 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Owens died young.

John Andrew Leo Owens was born on July 4, 1911 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, son of James Luther Owens (1882–1937) and Lucy Ellen Stroup (1889–1968).^[1]

His siblings were:

• James Marion Owens (1903–1976)
• Venitia Diana Elizabeth Owens (1905–1991)
• Lucy Viola Owens (1906–1975)
• Luther Cornelius Owens (1908–1977)
• Leroy Owens (~1909–1917)
• Joseph Thomas Wade Owens (1910–1917)
• Margaret Ellen Owens (1912–1917)
• Sarah Obelia Owens (1914–1917)
• Evelyn Ruth Owens (1915–1917)
• William Maurice Owens (1917–2000)
• Lillian Eleanor Owens (1920–2002)
• Unnamed Infant Owens (1921–1921)
• Kenneth Stroup Owens (1923–1994)
• Kensett Hardin Owens (1923–1998)
• Catherine Louise Owens (1924–2012)
• Robert Ellison Owens (1926–2009)
• Mary Lou Owens (1929–2000)
• Joanna Owens (1931–1931)

John died on April 17, 1917 in Greenville, aged 5. He was buried in Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina.^[1]

Research Notes

FG memorial has Newspaper clipping from the Greenville News (SC). FS has notes indicating that a total of 6 Owens siblings passed away within a month of each other due to dysentery/Spanish Flu

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226656252/john_andrew_leo-owens: accessed), memorial page for John Andrew Leo Owens (4 Jul 1911–17 Apr 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226656252, citing Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Rick Turner (contributor 47083987).

See also:

• Family Bible.