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• The 1850 census reported the family name as Owen, but the normal way of spelling it is Owens, which was the name in 1860.  This individual was reported in 1850 as Benson, and in 1860, in his own household as a newly wed, he was B W Owens.  His name on Find a Grave is Belson Wiley Owens.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 14 January, District 27, page 249 (scan 126)Hse #901
  Arthur R Owen 35 M Agr (Farmer?) $1200 b South Carolina [b abt 1815]
  Mary Owen 27 F b South Carolina [b abt 1823]
  Benson Owen 9 M b Alabama [b abt 1841]
  Wm Owen 7 M b Alabama [b abt 1843]
  Esther Owen 5 F b Alabama [b abt 1845]
  Green Owen 3 M b Alabama [b abt 1847]
  
  Benson married a few months before the 1860 census and was enumerated with his wife Sarah next door to his widowed mother.  His father had died in 1858.  His uncle Green Owens was on the other side of his mother and younger siblings.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 2 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 44, Hse/Fam #307
  B W Owens 19 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $142 Personal rptd  born Alabama married within the (census) year [b abt 1841]
  Sarah Owens 17 F born South Carolina married within the (census) year [b abt 1843]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 2 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 44, Hse/Fam #308
  Harriett Owens 39 F Widow $1500 Real Estate $530 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1821]
  William E Owens 15 M born Alabama [b abt 1845]
  Debby A Owens 14 F born Alabama [b abt 1846]
  Green A Owens 12 M Farmer born Alabama [b abt 1848]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, 1 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 43, Hse/Fam #309
  Green A Owens 26 M Farmer $100 Real Estate $309 Personal rptd  born Alabama [b abt 1834]
  Mary A Owens 21 F born South Carolina [b abt 1839]
  James A R Owens 1 M born Alabama [b abt 1859]
  
  Belson Wiley Owens
  Birth Mar 22, 1842 Alabama, USA
  Death Dec 10, 1910 Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
  Parents:
  Arthur Ross Owens (1815 - 1858)
  Harriett Jane Jones Owens (1821 - 1904)
  Spouse Sarah Elizabeth Lecroy Owens (1843 - 1914)
  Son Arthur Green Owens (1874 - 1942)
  Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
  GPS (lat/lon): 34.1519, -85.63151
  Created by Dwight Mar 24, 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #159965296, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159965296

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 14 January, District 27, page 249 (scan 126)Hse #901
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 2 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 44, Hse/Fam #307