Cordelia Rebecca Owens (abt. 1817 - 1832)

Born about 1817 in Onondaga, New York, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1832 at about age 15 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Very little is known of Cordelia and the only records found to date are family histories and recollections.

She is recorded as both Cordelia Rebecca and Rebecca Cordelia - while it is unknown which is correct, it is likely Cordelia Rebecca, as Cordelia was her mother's name.

She was born in 1817^[1]in New York and was the first child born to James Clark Owens (1797-1847) and Abigail Cordelia (Burr) Owens (1799-1861).

She is likely the one female under age 10 listed in the 1820 Census with her father. ^[2] While this census did not list all of the family members, she was the only girl attached to this family as her sister Caroline was born in 1821. The 1830 Census ^[3]also shows her father listed with one female age 10-14 which is likely Cordelia.

In June of 1831, her family gathered with the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, and the following year, followed their prophet Joseph Smith to Missouri that Spring. They settled in Hiram, Missouri but moved to Independence, Missouri later that year or early the next.

Cordelia died of exposure at age 15 during mob violence when the families were forced to flee their homes. Per family records, she was buried next to her brother John in the Temple Lot at Independence^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848"
   Ancestry Record 5333 #67694 (accessed 4 March 2024)
   Cordelia Rebecca Owens born in 1817 in Onondaga County, New York, USA.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL5-ZQD : Wed Oct 04 17:11:05 UTC 2023), Entry for C Janes Owens, 1820.
3. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Nelson, Portage, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 138; Page: 227; Family History Library Film: 0337949
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #363089 (accessed 4 March 2024)
   James Cx Owen in Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
4. ↑ Horace Burr Owens, OWENS, Horace Burr letter to SMITH George A
   Letter written on August 3rd, 1864
   History of the Owens Family in Jackson County, Missouri 1832 (accessed 4 March 2024)
   Cordelia Rebecca birth, death and burial location.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dennis Soules for creating WikiTree profile Owens-1816 through the import of Never Ending Story_2013-04-18_01.ged on Apr 18, 2013.