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• 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]
  
  1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 30 June, Township 14, PO Mt Pinson, page 9 (scan 289), Hse #253, Fam #261
  Owen, Green 34 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $300 Personal Estate born Alabama Cannot write [b abt 1836]
  Owen, M A 31 F W Keeps House born Georgia [b abt 1839]
  Owen, Jas 13 F W born Alabama [b abt 1857]
  Owen, ML 10 F W born Alabama [b abt 1860]
  Owen, Manerva 6 F W born Alabama [b abt 1864]
  Chappell, S W 30 M W Farmer $200 Real Estate $200 Personal Estate born Georgia [b abt 1840]
  Chappell, M J 22 F W Keeps House born Alabama [b abt 1848]
  Chappell, C S 2 F W born Alabama [b abt 1868]
  Chappell, T L 1 F W born Alabama [b abt 1869]
  
  By 1880, James has married and he and his wife Sarah are enumerated not far form his parents, on the same page of the census.  He married Sarah Creel in 1879.
  
  Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942
  James A Owen
  Sarah E Creel
  Marriage bond for $200 signed by J A Owen and W T Jones and license issued 25 October
  Marriage 30 Oct 1879 Jefferson County, Alabama
  Ceremony by W T Jones, Juistice of the Peace
  
  James and Sarah were enumerated as a new household in the 1880 census, on lthe same page with James' parents Green and Mary Ann.
  
  1880 Federal Jefferson County, Alabama, [no date] June, District 68, page 26, Hse #254, Fam #256
  Owen, James A  W M 21 Head Farming AL AL GA [b abt 1859]
  Owen, Sarah E  W F 22 Wife AL AL IL [b abt 1858]
  
  1880 Federal Jefferson County, Alabama, [no date] June, District 68, page 26, Hse #248, Fam #250
  Owen, Green  W M 42 Head Farmer AL -- SC [b abt 1838]
  Owen, Mary A  W F 40 Wife Keeping House Arthritic Affliction GA -- GA [b abt 1840]
  Owen, Miles L  W M 17 Son Farmer AL AL GA [b abt 1863]
  Owen, Manerva S  W F 14 Dau Single At Home AL AL GA [b abt 1866]
  Owen, Philip E  W M 4 Son AL AL GA [b abt 1876]
  Owen, Dolphus [Adolphus] L  W M 1 Son AL AL GA [b abt 1879]
  
  1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 13 June, Precinct 23, District 89, page 6B, Hse/Fam #107
  Owens, James A Head  W M Nov 1858  41 Married 21 yrs AL AL GA Farmer Rents
  Owens, Sarah E Wife W F Aug 1857  42 Married 21 yrs 8 children/5 living AL AL IL
  Owens, Lela Dau W F July 1883  16 AL AL AL At School
  Owens, Lula Dau W F Sept 1888 12 AL AL AL At School
  Owens, Minnie Dau W F Dec 1890  10 AL AL AL At School
  Owen, Grace Dau W F Feb 1895  5 AL AL AL At School
  
  1910 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama, 20 April, District 183, page 11B, Democrat Road, Hse #238, Fam #243
  Owens, James A Head  M W  48  Married 29 yrs AL AL AL Minister Owns
  Owens, Sarah E Wife F W 52 Married 29 yrs 7 children/5 living AL AL AL
  Owens, Gracie Son M W 13 AL AL AL
  New, J Oscar Son-in-law M W 22 Married 1 yr AL AL AL Coal Miner
  New, Minnie (Owens) Dau F W 19 Married 1 yr AL AL AL
  
  James A Owens
  Birth Nov 15, 1863
  Death Sep 25, 1921
  Spouse Sarah Elizabeth Creel Owens (1857 - 1945)
  Children:
  Mary K Owens Sherrill (1880 - 1942)
  Lula Angela Owens Sherrill (1888 - 1959)
  Minnie Elizabeth Owens Tidwell (1890 - 1976)
  Burial Good Hope Baptist Cemetery, Dora, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
  Created by Patricia Wilbert Dec 09, 2005
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #12640717, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12640717
  
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  The following burial on Find a Grave is identified in many genealogies as the grave of the son of Green A Owens and Mary Wallace (Agerton), named in genealogies as James Alexander Ross Owens.  Note, however, that the date of birth on the gravestone for this burial is 1850.  This is impossible for the son of Greena and Mary.  He was reported as their first child at age 1 in the 1860 census.  All later censuses report his age matching birth in 1857 to 1861.
  
  This appears to be a differenty perosn in the same clan, with a different birth date.  I note that in their marriage record the 1880 census, James' wife is named Sarah E (Creel) Owens, not Nancy Matilda as for the spouse memorial linked with this memorial on Find a Grave for James Ross Owens.  In 1900-1920 James R Owen and his wife Nancie M appear in censuses in Jefferson County, Alabama.  This would be teh Nancy Matilda Carr that several genealogies report as the wife of James A R Owen(s), son of Greena nd Mary (Wallace) Owen(s).
  
  Meanwhile James Alexander Ross Owens and his wife Sarah Creel were enumerated in Walker County, Alabama, during this same period.   Both couples are in Jefferson County for the 1900 census.
  
  James Ross Owens
  Birth Jul 3, 1850
  Death Mar 29, 1926
  Spouse Nancy Matilda Carr Owens (1853 - 1934)
  Burial Morris Cemetery, Morris, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
  Created by Cecelia Mar 01, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #48976430, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48976430
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Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 1 July, District 2, PO Centre, page 43, Hse/Fam #309
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 30 June, Township 14, PO Mt Pinson, page 9 (scan 289), Hse #253, Fam #261
• 3. 1880 Federal Jefferson County, Alabama
  • [no date] June, District 68, page 26, Hse #254, Fam #256
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama
  • 20 April, District 183, page 11B, Democrat Road, Hse #238, Fam #243
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama
  • 13 June, Precinct 23, District 89, page 6B, Hse/Fam #107
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Walker County, Alabama
  • 20 January, Dora, District 11, page 30A, Dora Commercial Rd, Hse #340, Fam #367