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COL Samuel Combs Owens

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COL Samuel Combs Owens

Birth
Green County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Feb 1847 (aged 46)
Chihuahua, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Burial
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Died at age 46. Samuel died in Chihuahua, Mexico. Samuel shares a headstone with his son, Henry Clay.

Samuel married Frances Martin Young on January 28, 1825 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Samuel was 24 years old. Their children:
Ambrose Young Owens (1826-1904). Died at age 78. See below.
Maria Frances Aull "Fanny" Owens Abell (1831-1856). Died at age 24. See below.
Anne J. Owens (1835-1927).
Henry Clay "Tobe" Owens (1838-1913). Died at age 74. Memorial #102862632.
Laura Adelaide Owens (1844-).

MCCOY HOUSE, CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI: In 1856 this Greek Revival and Italianate style house was completed by William McCoy, a merchant and banker, on property once owned by Samuel C. Owens, a merchant and Santa Fe trader. McCoy served as the first mayor of Independence, Missouri, in 1849.
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This info provided by Smarker FAG#47039676:
Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Owens and Nancy Graham. He immigrated in 1818 to Franklin County, Missouri, where he became the Clerk of Circuit Court and a member of legislature. He immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1826, before it was organized, and became the first treasurer and the second Circuit Clerk in 1827 and 1828. Owens was one of the 14 original founders of Town of Kansas on November 14, 1838 which later became Kansas City, Missouri. Colonel Owens was killed at the Battle of Sacramento near Chihuahua, Mexico during General Alexander Doniphan's campaign of the Mexican War and was buried there.
Died at age 46. Samuel died in Chihuahua, Mexico. Samuel shares a headstone with his son, Henry Clay.

Samuel married Frances Martin Young on January 28, 1825 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Samuel was 24 years old. Their children:
Ambrose Young Owens (1826-1904). Died at age 78. See below.
Maria Frances Aull "Fanny" Owens Abell (1831-1856). Died at age 24. See below.
Anne J. Owens (1835-1927).
Henry Clay "Tobe" Owens (1838-1913). Died at age 74. Memorial #102862632.
Laura Adelaide Owens (1844-).

MCCOY HOUSE, CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI: In 1856 this Greek Revival and Italianate style house was completed by William McCoy, a merchant and banker, on property once owned by Samuel C. Owens, a merchant and Santa Fe trader. McCoy served as the first mayor of Independence, Missouri, in 1849.
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This info provided by Smarker FAG#47039676:
Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Owens and Nancy Graham. He immigrated in 1818 to Franklin County, Missouri, where he became the Clerk of Circuit Court and a member of legislature. He immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1826, before it was organized, and became the first treasurer and the second Circuit Clerk in 1827 and 1828. Owens was one of the 14 original founders of Town of Kansas on November 14, 1838 which later became Kansas City, Missouri. Colonel Owens was killed at the Battle of Sacramento near Chihuahua, Mexico during General Alexander Doniphan's campaign of the Mexican War and was buried there.

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