Jacob Philetus Ownby

1895 - 1920  (24 years)

• Name	Jacob Philetus Ownby
  Born	17 Aug 1895
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1920
  Buried	James Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	i31171	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	William Madison "Will" Ownby,   b. 12 Oct 1866, Tennessee ,   d. 26 May 1928  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Matilda Campbell,   b. 24 May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Apr 1944  (Age 78 years)
  Marriage License	13 Jul 1882	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	16 Jul 1882	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Headstones		Father Mother William M. Matilda C. Ownby Ownby Oct. 12, 1866 May 24, 1865 May 26, 1928 Apr. 26, 1944
  Family ID	F954	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Nellie Jane Franklin,   b. 29 Aug 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Nov 1956  (Age 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. Homer William Owenby,   b. 1 Mar 1915, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Oct 1991  (Age 76 years)   2. Frank Paul Ownby,   d. 1970   3. Ruth Ownby   4. Irene
  Family ID	F28797	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - James Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Philetus Owenby Aug. 17, 1895 June 20, 1920 Brother of Minerve of Reagan

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob was a schoolmaster and a minister of the Primitive Baptist Church. He died in 1920 from internal bleeding after rupturing his abdomen on a plowhandle. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 90. Phillip H. Owenby, PhD, PhillipOwe@aol.com, 18 July 2000.

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 399.