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John Thomas Owens was a one-legged man. Cousins tell the following story, but Lizzie says she doesn't believe it - that it was just something he told the kids.
Once he was off in the woods by himself, cutting wood. He fell and got hung on a limb upside down. His leg was already part way off. He took his knife out of his pocket and cut the rest of his leg off (he couldn't get down otherwise).
Lizzie says he actually fell while climbing. They had to cut his leg twice. A neighbor helped hold him down while they cut it.
He bought an artificial leg, but he said it was too heavy. He said he was not used to wearing it. He lived in Jackson Hollow and would often walk up the mountain [Little Sand Mountain] on his crutches. He rarely wore the artificial leg, but when he died they buried him with it anyway, because they didn't know what else to do with it.
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Death certificates says he died of "Rheumatism and followed by heart trouble."
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John Thomas Owens was a one-legged man. Cousins tell the following story, but Lizzie says she doesn't believe it - that it was just something he told the kids.
Once he was off in the woods by himself, cutting wood. He fell and got hung on a limb upside down. His leg was already part way off. He took his knife out of his pocket and cut the rest of his leg off (he couldn't get down otherwise).
Lizzie says he actually fell while climbing. They had to cut his leg twice. A neighbor helped hold him down while they cut it.
He bought an artificial leg, but he said it was too heavy. He said he was not used to wearing it. He lived in Jackson Hollow and would often walk up the mountain [Little Sand Mountain] on his crutches. He rarely wore the artificial leg, but when he died they buried him with it anyway, because they didn't know what else to do with it.
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Death certificates says he died of "Rheumatism and followed by heart trouble."
Family Members
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Beulah Jane Owens Landress
1873–1954
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Elmina Josephine Owens Cargal
1875–1899
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William Berry Owens
1877–1959
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Charles A Owens
1879–1898
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James Edward Owens
1881–1941
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Mary Francis Owens Maynor
1882 – unknown
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Henry Oscar Owens
1885–1969
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Ezekiel Parks Owens
1886–1943
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Thomas John Owens
1888–1957
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Margaret P Owens
1891–1911
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Charlisle Devada Owens Hughes
1895–1976
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Grace Owens Mathis
1907–2000
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Elsie Mae Owens Hammonds
1910–1964
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