Bible of Beverly J. Owen & Wife
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Possession:
Mrs. J. H. Arthur Sephenson (sic), who was a daughter, Jefferson City,
TN, RFD #1
Transcription: Sept. 3, 1937
Number of names in report is 28.
Marriages:
Beverly J. Owens of VA and Mattie J. Ball of TN were married Jan. 9,
1879 by the Rev. Lewis Ball.
Flora Owen and J. Arthur Stephenson were married Nov. 22, 1903
Mark Owen Stephenson and Mary Ruth Disney were married Sept. 28, 1933.
Births:
Beverly J. Owens born Aug. 14, 1855
Mattie J. Owen of TN born July 27, 1849
Flora W. Owen born Nov. 10, 1879
H. Myrtie Owen born Feb. 10, 1882
Bessie Lee Owen born Feb. 10, 1884
James H. Stephenson born May 18, 1875
Flora A. Stephenson born Nov. 10, 1879
Ulala B. Stephenson born June 2, 1905
Kermit Vennon Stephenson born May 31, 1909
J. T. Drexyl Stephenson born Feb. 28, 1911
Myrtle Louise Stephenson born Nov. 4, 1923
Deaths:
Beverley (sic) J. Owen died July 20, 1920 (Morning)
Mattie J. Owen died April 1, 1923 (Easter)
Margaret Jane Owen Mutter died 1905
Beverly Johnson Owen died July 20, 1920
Lorenzo Dow Oaen, M.D., died April 1931
Buford Bromwell Owen Carpenter died 1931
Codelia Owen Ball, Sidney Hugeline Owen,
Havris Sylvester, Albert Owen, M.D., Leonard Owen, Farmer, John Albert
Owen, Drunkard