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Rutha (Howard) Owens (1804 - 1881)

Rutha (Ruth) Owens formerly Howard
Born in Breathitt, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 8 Mar 1826 in Floyd County, Kentucky, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 77 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 21 Mar 2014
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Biography

Ruth was born in 1804 in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States. She was the daughter of James Morgan Howard and Elizabeth (Green) Howard.[1]

In the 1850 census Ruth was living in My District, Floyd, Kentucky.[1]

In the 1860 census Ruth was living in Magoffin, Kentucky.[2]

In the 1870 census Ruth was living in Precinct 5, Magoffin, Kentucky.[3]

In the 1880 census Ruth was living in Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky.[4]


Research Notes

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1850 Census: Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,
    Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: My District, Floyd, Kentucky; Roll: M432_200; Page: 448B; Image:.
  2. 1860 Census: Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,
    Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: ; Page: 474; Image: 50.
  3. 1870 Census: Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes,
    Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 5, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image:.
  4. 1880 Census: Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite,
    Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky; Roll: 431; Family History Film: 1254431; Page: 603A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 0519.

See also:

  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 February 2019, 19:37), entry for Ruth Howard(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWJT-SXQ); contributed by various users
  • Magoffin County Historical Society (Ky). 1985. The Howards of Eastern Kentucky and Related Howard Families. Salyersville Ky: Magoffin County Historical Society.
  • Clay Shepherd Ancestry Book
  • Salyer, Elizabeth. "The Salyer Family: a Genealogical Record of their first 250 years in America." 688 pages with index. Privately published,1982




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Howard-7885 and Howard-6616 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. I am inputting data from "Howards of Eastern KY" by Magoffin Co. Historical Society.
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