Andrew was the son of David Owsley, b. 1823, Claiborne Co., TN and Matilda Hunter, b. 1824, Stokes Co., NC. His parents were married 23 Jun 1844 in Lone Jack.
Andrew was their firstborn. He was listed as a fourteen-year-old living with his parents on the 1860 census:
1860 Jackson Co., MO, Lone Jack, p. 247
David Owsley, 37, b. TN
Matilda, 30, b. NC
Andrew W., 14, b. MO
John W., 11, b. MO
Melchagy, 6, b. MO
Nancy E., 5, b. MO
Robert, 2, b. MO
From "Jackson County Pioneers" by Pearl Wilcox, 1975, p. 368:
"Martin Rice, a pioneer of 1833, was not eligible for military service. He had received his loyalty papers from the military post at Pleasant Hill and he and his neighbors were making preparations to abandon their homes.
During the activities of loading their wagons, a squad of Kansas soldier took Rice, his son, and six neighbor men prisoners. They were taken to the Roupe farm a mile south of the Rice farm where Colonel Clark of the Federals was camped. The families waited, hoping the men would not be delayed long, for it was necessary that all be out of the area by sundown.
Colonel Clark took the name of each prisoner. Rice showed his certificate of loyalty. The Colonel retired to the underbrush for consultation. When he returned, he asked Rice which of the boys was his son. When the son was pointed out, Rice was told, "You take your son and travel." Soon they heard a succession of shots. They waited until the soldiers had gone and returned to the scene where six dead bodies were found. The grief-stricken friends dug one shallow grave and covered the bodies with blankets and a layer of earth.
In a rural cemetery southwest of Lone Jack, a stone shaft was erected in 1867 by friends and relatives as a memorial to these men killed in the very act of obeying Order No. 11. Six names are engraved on the he shaft with their ages...
Across from the cemetery is a small creek where the men are said to have met their death."
From "The Biography of Benjamin Potter." Published in The Westport Historical Society by Lillian L. Cave:
"Andrew Owsley, a nephew of the Hunters, was trying to assume responsibility as the head of his family while his father was absent in the Confederate army. He also attempted to flee, but a voice cried, "Five dollars to the man who drops the boy" and he was cut down. A beardless youth, an eyewitness reported Andy looked like a child as he lay in death."
Andrew was their firstborn. He was listed as a fourteen-year-old living with his parents on the 1860 census:
1860 Jackson Co., MO, Lone Jack, p. 247
David Owsley, 37, b. TN
Matilda, 30, b. NC
Andrew W., 14, b. MO
John W., 11, b. MO
Melchagy, 6, b. MO
Nancy E., 5, b. MO
Robert, 2, b. MO
From "Jackson County Pioneers" by Pearl Wilcox, 1975, p. 368:
"Martin Rice, a pioneer of 1833, was not eligible for military service. He had received his loyalty papers from the military post at Pleasant Hill and he and his neighbors were making preparations to abandon their homes.
During the activities of loading their wagons, a squad of Kansas soldier took Rice, his son, and six neighbor men prisoners. They were taken to the Roupe farm a mile south of the Rice farm where Colonel Clark of the Federals was camped. The families waited, hoping the men would not be delayed long, for it was necessary that all be out of the area by sundown.
Colonel Clark took the name of each prisoner. Rice showed his certificate of loyalty. The Colonel retired to the underbrush for consultation. When he returned, he asked Rice which of the boys was his son. When the son was pointed out, Rice was told, "You take your son and travel." Soon they heard a succession of shots. They waited until the soldiers had gone and returned to the scene where six dead bodies were found. The grief-stricken friends dug one shallow grave and covered the bodies with blankets and a layer of earth.
In a rural cemetery southwest of Lone Jack, a stone shaft was erected in 1867 by friends and relatives as a memorial to these men killed in the very act of obeying Order No. 11. Six names are engraved on the he shaft with their ages...
Across from the cemetery is a small creek where the men are said to have met their death."
From "The Biography of Benjamin Potter." Published in The Westport Historical Society by Lillian L. Cave:
"Andrew Owsley, a nephew of the Hunters, was trying to assume responsibility as the head of his family while his father was absent in the Confederate army. He also attempted to flee, but a voice cried, "Five dollars to the man who drops the boy" and he was cut down. A beardless youth, an eyewitness reported Andy looked like a child as he lay in death."
Andrew was the son of David Owsley, b. 1823, Claiborne Co., TN and Matilda Hunter, b. 1824, Stokes Co., NC. His parents were married 23 Jun 1844 in Lone Jack.
Andrew was their firstborn. He was listed as a fourteen-year-old living with his parents on the 1860 census:
1860 Jackson Co., MO, Lone Jack, p. 247
David Owsley, 37, b. TN
Matilda, 30, b. NC
Andrew W., 14, b. MO
John W., 11, b. MO
Melchagy, 6, b. MO
Nancy E., 5, b. MO
Robert, 2, b. MO
From "Jackson County Pioneers" by Pearl Wilcox, 1975, p. 368:
"Martin Rice, a pioneer of 1833, was not eligible for military service. He had received his loyalty papers from the military post at Pleasant Hill and he and his neighbors were making preparations to abandon their homes.
During the activities of loading their wagons, a squad of Kansas soldier took Rice, his son, and six neighbor men prisoners. They were taken to the Roupe farm a mile south of the Rice farm where Colonel Clark of the Federals was camped. The families waited, hoping the men would not be delayed long, for it was necessary that all be out of the area by sundown.
Colonel Clark took the name of each prisoner. Rice showed his certificate of loyalty. The Colonel retired to the underbrush for consultation. When he returned, he asked Rice which of the boys was his son. When the son was pointed out, Rice was told, "You take your son and travel." Soon they heard a succession of shots. They waited until the soldiers had gone and returned to the scene where six dead bodies were found. The grief-stricken friends dug one shallow grave and covered the bodies with blankets and a layer of earth.
In a rural cemetery southwest of Lone Jack, a stone shaft was erected in 1867 by friends and relatives as a memorial to these men killed in the very act of obeying Order No. 11. Six names are engraved on the he shaft with their ages...
Across from the cemetery is a small creek where the men are said to have met their death."
From "The Biography of Benjamin Potter." Published in The Westport Historical Society by Lillian L. Cave:
"Andrew Owsley, a nephew of the Hunters, was trying to assume responsibility as the head of his family while his father was absent in the Confederate army. He also attempted to flee, but a voice cried, "Five dollars to the man who drops the boy" and he was cut down. A beardless youth, an eyewitness reported Andy looked like a child as he lay in death."
Andrew was their firstborn. He was listed as a fourteen-year-old living with his parents on the 1860 census:
1860 Jackson Co., MO, Lone Jack, p. 247
David Owsley, 37, b. TN
Matilda, 30, b. NC
Andrew W., 14, b. MO
John W., 11, b. MO
Melchagy, 6, b. MO
Nancy E., 5, b. MO
Robert, 2, b. MO
From "Jackson County Pioneers" by Pearl Wilcox, 1975, p. 368:
"Martin Rice, a pioneer of 1833, was not eligible for military service. He had received his loyalty papers from the military post at Pleasant Hill and he and his neighbors were making preparations to abandon their homes.
During the activities of loading their wagons, a squad of Kansas soldier took Rice, his son, and six neighbor men prisoners. They were taken to the Roupe farm a mile south of the Rice farm where Colonel Clark of the Federals was camped. The families waited, hoping the men would not be delayed long, for it was necessary that all be out of the area by sundown.
Colonel Clark took the name of each prisoner. Rice showed his certificate of loyalty. The Colonel retired to the underbrush for consultation. When he returned, he asked Rice which of the boys was his son. When the son was pointed out, Rice was told, "You take your son and travel." Soon they heard a succession of shots. They waited until the soldiers had gone and returned to the scene where six dead bodies were found. The grief-stricken friends dug one shallow grave and covered the bodies with blankets and a layer of earth.
In a rural cemetery southwest of Lone Jack, a stone shaft was erected in 1867 by friends and relatives as a memorial to these men killed in the very act of obeying Order No. 11. Six names are engraved on the he shaft with their ages...
Across from the cemetery is a small creek where the men are said to have met their death."
From "The Biography of Benjamin Potter." Published in The Westport Historical Society by Lillian L. Cave:
"Andrew Owsley, a nephew of the Hunters, was trying to assume responsibility as the head of his family while his father was absent in the Confederate army. He also attempted to flee, but a voice cried, "Five dollars to the man who drops the boy" and he was cut down. A beardless youth, an eyewitness reported Andy looked like a child as he lay in death."
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