People only pass from memory if we let them.
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Clarissa Jane Sockwell was first married, in 1861, to John W. Porter; she and John Porter had one child, John Walker Porter, born in 1861. John W. is presumed to have been a casualty of the Civil War, dying circa 1863.
Jane, as she was sometimes called, was married secondly to John Owens whom she married after the war. Two children were born to John Owens and Clarissa Jane Sockwell Owens: a daughter, Alice Gray Owens, and a son, Oscar Orba Owens. (See below.)
Sometime after the birth of his son, John Owens simply disappeared, believed to have fallen victim to any one of the innumerable vicissitudes of the post-Civil War era. The depredations of highwaymen, for instance, were a serious problem in eastern Texas and western Louisana.
Subsequently, in 1878, Clarissa married Austin Choat(e) and they lived for several years on the Choate farm on the Hynson Springs Road, south of Nesbitt, Texas, northwest of Marshall.
On the 1880 Harrison County census, Austin Choat and wife, Jane, age 45, are found in Household 426/4555 with his daughter, Louisa, John Porter, Alice, age 12, and a child, John, age 9. ("John" is likely a clerical census error, as Alice's brother was actually Oscar Orba Owens.)
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Clarissa Jane Sockwell was first married, in 1861, to John W. Porter; she and John Porter had one child, John Walker Porter, born in 1861. John W. is presumed to have been a casualty of the Civil War, dying circa 1863.
Jane, as she was sometimes called, was married secondly to John Owens whom she married after the war. Two children were born to John Owens and Clarissa Jane Sockwell Owens: a daughter, Alice Gray Owens, and a son, Oscar Orba Owens. (See below.)
Sometime after the birth of his son, John Owens simply disappeared, believed to have fallen victim to any one of the innumerable vicissitudes of the post-Civil War era. The depredations of highwaymen, for instance, were a serious problem in eastern Texas and western Louisana.
Subsequently, in 1878, Clarissa married Austin Choat(e) and they lived for several years on the Choate farm on the Hynson Springs Road, south of Nesbitt, Texas, northwest of Marshall.
On the 1880 Harrison County census, Austin Choat and wife, Jane, age 45, are found in Household 426/4555 with his daughter, Louisa, John Porter, Alice, age 12, and a child, John, age 9. ("John" is likely a clerical census error, as Alice's brother was actually Oscar Orba Owens.)
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People only pass from memory if we let them.
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Clarissa Jane Sockwell was first married, in 1861, to John W. Porter; she and John Porter had one child, John Walker Porter, born in 1861. John W. is presumed to have been a casualty of the Civil War, dying circa 1863.
Jane, as she was sometimes called, was married secondly to John Owens whom she married after the war. Two children were born to John Owens and Clarissa Jane Sockwell Owens: a daughter, Alice Gray Owens, and a son, Oscar Orba Owens. (See below.)
Sometime after the birth of his son, John Owens simply disappeared, believed to have fallen victim to any one of the innumerable vicissitudes of the post-Civil War era. The depredations of highwaymen, for instance, were a serious problem in eastern Texas and western Louisana.
Subsequently, in 1878, Clarissa married Austin Choat(e) and they lived for several years on the Choate farm on the Hynson Springs Road, south of Nesbitt, Texas, northwest of Marshall.
On the 1880 Harrison County census, Austin Choat and wife, Jane, age 45, are found in Household 426/4555 with his daughter, Louisa, John Porter, Alice, age 12, and a child, John, age 9. ("John" is likely a clerical census error, as Alice's brother was actually Oscar Orba Owens.)
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Clarissa Jane Sockwell was first married, in 1861, to John W. Porter; she and John Porter had one child, John Walker Porter, born in 1861. John W. is presumed to have been a casualty of the Civil War, dying circa 1863.
Jane, as she was sometimes called, was married secondly to John Owens whom she married after the war. Two children were born to John Owens and Clarissa Jane Sockwell Owens: a daughter, Alice Gray Owens, and a son, Oscar Orba Owens. (See below.)
Sometime after the birth of his son, John Owens simply disappeared, believed to have fallen victim to any one of the innumerable vicissitudes of the post-Civil War era. The depredations of highwaymen, for instance, were a serious problem in eastern Texas and western Louisana.
Subsequently, in 1878, Clarissa married Austin Choat(e) and they lived for several years on the Choate farm on the Hynson Springs Road, south of Nesbitt, Texas, northwest of Marshall.
On the 1880 Harrison County census, Austin Choat and wife, Jane, age 45, are found in Household 426/4555 with his daughter, Louisa, John Porter, Alice, age 12, and a child, John, age 9. ("John" is likely a clerical census error, as Alice's brother was actually Oscar Orba Owens.)
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Family Members
See more Choate or Sockwell Owens memorials in:
- Barnes-Choate Cemetery Choate or Sockwell Owens
- Nesbitt Choate or Sockwell Owens
- Harrison County Choate or Sockwell Owens
- Texas Choate or Sockwell Owens
- USA Choate or Sockwell Owens
- Find a Grave Choate or Sockwell Owens
