William Owings1

b. 23 October 1821, d. 22 August 1907
Birth23 Oct 1821 William Owings was born on 23 Oct 1821 in Missouri.2 
Marriage11 Oct 1849 He married Sarah Sophroma Davis, daughter of William Davis and Sarah Ryburn, on 11 Oct 1849 in Carroll County, Illinois.1,3 
Cens-186014 Jun 1860 William and Sarah spent the first twenty years of their married life farming in Carroll County. Ten children were born to them during this time.4 
  Some records created during their years in Illinois, including family records and the 1860 census, spell the name Owens, rather than Owings as it consistently appears in later years. 
MigrationOct 1869 In Oct 1869 the entire family moved to Marshall County, Iowa.5 
Cens-18706 Aug 1870  There they were enumerated on the 1870 census farming in Jefferson township. William reported that he owned land valued at over $6,000 and personal property of just under $2,000.6 
Cens-18805 Jun 1880  By 1880 the family was living in Logan township. Six of the older children had left home (son Thomas had gotten as far as next door) or were deceased, but three children had been added to the family in Iowa.7 
Cens-190012 Jun 1900 In 1900, when Sarah, at sixty-seven was asked by the census taker how many children she had given birth to she replied that she was the mother of 14 and that 11 were living. One of those, her youngest daughter, Vernie, was widowed and was living at home with her seven year old son. William and Sarah had been married fifty years when the cenus taker knocked at their door.8 
Death22 Aug 1907 William died on 22 Aug 1907 in Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, at age 85.2 
Burial He was buried at Logan Center Cemetery in Iowa.2 

Family

Sarah Sophroma Davis b. 7 Feb 1833, d. aft 1900
Children
Last Edited2 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S1051] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html). William Owings and Sarah S. Davis, married in Carroll County, Oct. 11, 1849.
  2. [S1088] Wm Owings entry, Marshall Co., Iowa Death Register 4: 230 (1907). Wm Owings d. 22 Aug. 1907 of old age at Marshalltown; b. 23 Oct. 1821 in Missouri, father John C. Owings b. KY; mother Elizabeth Fraker, retired, informant R.D. Owings, bur Logan Cemetery.
  3. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 10. Sarah S. married William Owens.
  4. [S1030] William Owens household, 1860 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom, p. 870 (added script), dwelling 321, family 310, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 12 of 22. Enumeration includes: William Owens, 38, farmer, owns real estate: $1,600, pers. prop $1,300, farmer, b. KY; Sarah S., 28, b. VA; Thomas C., 9; Amanda E., 7; Virginia A., 4; William D., 2; Adletta (f), 10/12; all children b. IL; John B. Owens, 18, b. IL; Calista French, 17, b. OH.
  5. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 4.
  6. [S1040] William Owings household, 1870 U.S. census, Marshall Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Jefferson township, p. 370 (stamped), dwelling 92, family 91, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 15 of 18. Enumeration reports: William Owings, 48, farmer, marr, owns real estate of $6,400, pers. prop of $1,938, b. MO; Sarah S., 37, b. VA; Thomas, 19; Amanda E., 17; Virginia A., 15; William D., 13; Adda L., 11; Franklin, 9; Robert E., 7; Sarah E., 5; Math__ R., 3; Laura, N., 1; all b. IL.
  7. [S1041] William Owings household, 1880 U.S. cens., Marshall Co., IA, pop. sched., Logan township, ED 287, page 104b (stamped), dwelling 51, family 52, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 6 of 14. Enumeration includes: William Owings, 59, farmer, b. MO, parents b. KY; Sarah, 48, wife, b. VA, parents b. VA; following b. IL: Robert E. 17, son; Sarah E. 15, dau; Mathew 13, son; Florence 11, dau; following b. IA: Olive 9, dau; Clara 7, dau; Vernie, 6, dau but is marked male.
  8. [S1042] William Owings household, 1900 U.S. cens., Marshall Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Logan township, ED 114, sheet 8A (123 stamped), dwelling 131, family 134, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 15 of 23. Enumeration includes: William Owings, 78, b. Oct. 1821 MO, parents b. KY, marr 50yrs; Sarah S., wife, 67, b. Feb. 1833, W VA, marr 50yrs, mother 14 children, 11 living, parents b. W VA; Clara B., dau, 26, b. Aug. 1873 IA, sgl; Vernie M. Turnball [?], dau, wid, b. May 1875 IA, mother 2 children, 1 living; Ray O., son, 7, b. Jan. 1893 IA.