John Owen (1799 - 1872)

Born 1799 in Maine, United States

Husband of Julia (Goding) Owen — married 1821 in Maine, United States

Husband of Harriet Porter Owen — married 4 May 1832 in Bath, Lincoln, Maine, United States

Died 28 Jan 1872 at about age 73 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Birth

The ancestry of John Owen is uncertain. In the 1850 Census, he is shown as 50 years old, born in Maine.^[1] A John Owen was born at Topsham, Maine, on 28 Oct 1799 to John and Harriet Owen,^[2] and a FindAGrave memorial, without citing any sources, says this was the John Owen who died at Brunswick, Maine, in 1872,^[3] but more evidence is needed to conclusively establish the releationship.

Marriages

1. On 25 Oct 1821, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine, certified that "an intention of marriage between Mr. John Owing of Livermore & Miss Julia Goding of Brunswick hath been entered & published in the Town of Livermore as the Law directs."^[4]
2. John Owen married Harriet P. (Owen) Leach at Bath, Maine, on 4 May 1832.^[5]

Death

A gravestone at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine, says that John Owen died on 28 Jan 1872 at the age of 70.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ John Owen househoild, family #60, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Cumberland > Brunswick > image 8 of 119; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ FamilySearch transcription of the birth record of John Owen, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch > John Owen, 1799
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #5034522, with photo of gravestone of John Owen
4. ↑ Marriage record of John Owing and Julia Goding, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 346 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
5. ↑ FamilySearch transcription of the marriage record of John Owen and Harriet P. Leach, in Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch > John Owen, 1842