Volley Ann (Burleson) Owen (1795 - 1868)

Born 1795 in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekiel Owen — married 2 Oct 1811 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died Nov 1868 at about age 73 in Hills Prairie, Bastrop, Texas, United States

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Biography

Volley Ann Burleson Was born in 1795 in Buncombe County, North Carolina of James B. Burleson and Jo Elizabeth Shipman, the second of 13 children.

On 2 October 1811 she married Ezekial Owen in Huntsville, Madison County, Mississippi Territory (today it is in Alabama).^[1][2] They raised nine children: Elizabeth, Jane, James Robert, John Robert, Mary Elizabeth, Hirsch Ezekial, William Edward, Sophie Margaret and Sarah A.

Ezekial died of cholera in November of 1849 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi while returning from a business trip. Volley Ann died in November of 1868 in Hills Prairie, Bastrop County, Texas.^[2]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1850 US Census: Owen, Ezekiel, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C, "Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Record Group 29; NARA microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls." (Year: 1850; Census Place: Bastrop, Texas; Roll: M432_908; Page: 159B; Image: 160 [1]).
   Abstract: Ezekiel Owens in the 1850 United States Federal Census
   Name:Ezekiel Owens
   Age:63
   Birth Year:abt 1787
   Birthplace:South Carolina
   Home in 1850:Bastrop, Texas, USA
   Gender:Male
   Family Number:119
   
   Ezekiel Owens 63
   Volley Owens 55
   Edward Owens 18
   Sarah Owens 15
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gravetalk: Burleson, Volley Ann, Find a Grave, "Ancestry.com. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]" ([2]).