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Malachi Owens (abt. 1832 - abt. 1900)

Malachi (Mal) Owens
Born about in Monroe, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 10 Jan 1853 in Monroe County Alabamamap
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Died about at about age 68 in Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Malachi Owens was born Aug 1832 in Monroe County Alabama, son of [Owens-1570|Phillip Owens]] and Martha Byrd. Phillip Sr. and Martha had a minimum of 11 other children and maybe as many as 17. Both of Malachi parents were born in South Carolina and moved to Alabama about 1824. Phillip Sr. and Martha were married in 1815 in Marion County, South Carolina.

On 10 January 1853, Malachi Owens married Catherine Camelia “Amelia” Weeks in Alabama, probably in Pineapple. They had two sons while living in Alabama;

  1. Wiliam Patrick "Pat" Owensb. 25 March 1854
  2. Frank b. abt. 1857.

Malachi moved to Texas in 1858 with his extended family, wife, two children, a host of brothers and sisters, and his parents. Malachi would have been 26 or 27-years old at the time of the move and his wife one year younger. After moving to Texas, Malachi and Amelia had 9 more children:

  1. Isabella born in 1858 and is thought to possibly be a twin to James
  2. James A. born 5 March 1858
  3. Martha born about 1860
  4. Judge T.D. born September 1861
  5. Malissa born about 1863
  6. Phillip born 2 March 1865
  7. Samuel P. born 11 August 1866
  8. Missouri born about 1868
  9. Diane Martha “Tina”(Owens) Maze born 21 August 1871

Malachi died in October of 1900 in Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas. He and his wife are buried in the Owens-Nelson Cemetery located in Nacogdoches County.

Research Notes

There is a “Find-A-Grave” memorial, to Malachi, its number is 14065213. There are some name spelling issues with this headstone, but remember the stone was added much later[1]

Born AUG 1832. Monroe County, Alabama.

Buried Owens Cemetery.

File Format: jpg. 1860 Nacogdoches County, TX Census. PHOTO CMNT 1860 Census Nacogdoches County, TX. Scrapbook: Y.

Sources

  1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14065213/maliki-owens: accessed 16 August 2023), memorial page for Maliki “Mal” Owens (Aug 1832–Oct 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14065213, citing Owens-Nelson Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA; Maintained by CemeteryStrolling (contributor 47631232).
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Z-Q8H : 4 April 2020), Malichi Owins in household of Phillip Owins, Monroe county, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing family 683, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFJ-15N : 18 March 2020), M Owens, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGW-SWT : 19 March 2020), Matachin Owens, 1870.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ3-V87 : 15 July 2017), Malici Owens, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 252A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,321.
  • Source: S10797 , ; . TID 33 Title CivilDivision Subdivision FilmDetail Series Repository RepositoryLoc Beat 5, page 96, line 18 PageDetail Beat 5, page 96, line 18 RollNo Form




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Malachi and his wife Catherine Camelia “Amelia” Weeks are buried in Owens-Nelson Cemetery, Nacogdoches County Texas. See "Find-A-Grave" Memorial No. 14065213. His parents were Phillip Owens, Sr. and Martha A. Byrd.
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