John H. Owen came from Stokes County, North Carolina, to the new Indiana Territory, in the year 1814, and settled on Lost River, near Paoli, Indiana, and remained there two years, when he married Miss Susannah Elrod. They came to Greene County in the year 1817, and settled on the old farm of Armstead Owen, in Highland Township. John H. Owen and wife raised five children - four boys and one girl - and all of them lived to be grown.
The second boy of this family of children was the first white male child born in Greene County, Indiana.
Old Quaker-style, John Gallettley Owen was born on the 8th day of the 8th month, in the year 1818, or August 8th, 1818. John G. Owen married Miss Margaret Mock, eldest daughter of David and Elizabeth Mock. Mr. Owen and wife have had seven children - three boys and four girls. Mr. Owen is a common farmer, fifty-seven years old, and lives on a good farm, five miles north of Bloomfield.
John H. Owen and his wife, and their son, Armstead Owen, are all buried in the old homestead Owen Cemetery.
The second boy of this family of children was the first white male child born in Greene County, Indiana.
Old Quaker-style, John Gallettley Owen was born on the 8th day of the 8th month, in the year 1818, or August 8th, 1818. John G. Owen married Miss Margaret Mock, eldest daughter of David and Elizabeth Mock. Mr. Owen and wife have had seven children - three boys and four girls. Mr. Owen is a common farmer, fifty-seven years old, and lives on a good farm, five miles north of Bloomfield.
John H. Owen and his wife, and their son, Armstead Owen, are all buried in the old homestead Owen Cemetery.
John H. Owen came from Stokes County, North Carolina, to the new Indiana Territory, in the year 1814, and settled on Lost River, near Paoli, Indiana, and remained there two years, when he married Miss Susannah Elrod. They came to Greene County in the year 1817, and settled on the old farm of Armstead Owen, in Highland Township. John H. Owen and wife raised five children - four boys and one girl - and all of them lived to be grown.
The second boy of this family of children was the first white male child born in Greene County, Indiana.
Old Quaker-style, John Gallettley Owen was born on the 8th day of the 8th month, in the year 1818, or August 8th, 1818. John G. Owen married Miss Margaret Mock, eldest daughter of David and Elizabeth Mock. Mr. Owen and wife have had seven children - three boys and four girls. Mr. Owen is a common farmer, fifty-seven years old, and lives on a good farm, five miles north of Bloomfield.
John H. Owen and his wife, and their son, Armstead Owen, are all buried in the old homestead Owen Cemetery.
The second boy of this family of children was the first white male child born in Greene County, Indiana.
Old Quaker-style, John Gallettley Owen was born on the 8th day of the 8th month, in the year 1818, or August 8th, 1818. John G. Owen married Miss Margaret Mock, eldest daughter of David and Elizabeth Mock. Mr. Owen and wife have had seven children - three boys and four girls. Mr. Owen is a common farmer, fifty-seven years old, and lives on a good farm, five miles north of Bloomfield.
John H. Owen and his wife, and their son, Armstead Owen, are all buried in the old homestead Owen Cemetery.
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