George Dewey Ownbey

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
41, 50.

George married Velma Johnson 21 Dec 1921. Velma was born 8 Aug 1904; died Jan 1987, Spartanburg, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

1. Gladys Ownbey was born 1922.
2. George Dewey Ownbey, Jr. died See Notes.
3. Hugh Raymond Ownbey
4. Marilyn Ownbey

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
41.

Oscar married Dora Adelia Dalton 20 Nov 1890. Dora (daughter of Alfred Anderson Dalton and Mary Kate Murphy) was born 5 Sep 1874, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 29 May 1970, Mayo, South Carolina; was buried Mayo Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
41.

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
25, 53. .;

James married Lyda Myra Hudgins Abt 1865/1866. Lyda (daughter of Josiah Hudgins and Susanna Ownbey) was born 18 Jun 1843, , Rutherford, North Carolina; died 14 Mar 1905, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Old Fields Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
25, 53. .;

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 27, 53.

Alfred married Mary Kate Murphy 22 May 1853, McDowell County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ledbetter and Zillah Ownbey) was born 6 Mar 1836, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 10 Oct 1922, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Kate raised Carrie Lee after her mother, Olive Ownbey died.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 27.

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Uriah Ownbey built a house about two miles from his boyhood home, about a mile
from Rocky Creek, and lived and died in Marion, McDowell, North Carolina. He
and his wife are buried in the "Old Field's" Cemetery on Bald Mountain.

Uriah, had some clothing made by a tailor at Newport, Tennessee, Andrew
Johnson, who later read law, entered politics and eventually became President
of this nation. Carl Searcy of Portland, Oregan can remember the fancy vest of
beautiful flowered silk.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
4, 5, 14, 25.

Uriah — Sarah Ownbey. Sarah (daughter of Amos Ownby and Mary Laughter) was born 1824; died 1854. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
14, 25. .;

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
16.

Josiah — Susanna Ownbey. Susanna (daughter of Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey and Margarette "Peggy" Hodge) was born 19 Mar 1820, , Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1897, , Henderson, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
16.

Notes:

Of McDowell County, North Carolina and earlier of Rutherford County, North
Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 53.

David — Ruth Davis. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Of Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 53.

— Zillah Ownbey. Zillah (daughter of Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey and Margarette "Peggy" Hodge) was born 11 Jul 1818; died 9 Jun 1911; was buried Ledbetter Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Before William Murphy married Zillah, she was with child. He married her anyway and before the child was born, he came up missing. He spent a few years in Charlotte, North Carolina, driving a stage, where he had a son, James, by Nancy Fagin (illegitimate). He returned to his wife, they forgave one another and each accepted the children and raised them as their own blood.

The private cemetery in which William A. B. Murphy was buried is on Highway #9 just north and west from Bat Cave. It has a narrow, faint path that winds its way up the side with the plot - a lush thick forest and undergrowth carpet which slants away from the approach. Here is the tall grave marker of Zillah (Ownbey) Murphy. It is engraved as Zillah Ownby, wife of Will A. B. Murphy.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 16, 27.