On 24 October 1916, Morton R. Owen married Mable Coleman in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was 30, single, born in Essex County, living in Essex County, son of John R. Owen and E. M. Shearwood, occupation farmer. She was 28, single, born in Essex County, living in Essex County, daughter of R. S. Coleman and M. Brizendine. Marriage by W. A. Pearson. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 201.]

On 9 February 1970, Morton Rice Owen, Sr., died in Howertons, Essex County, Virginia 22475, where he lived. He was male; age 83; white; father was John Mercer Owen; mother was Ella Margaret Shearwood; citizen of U.S.A.; married; wife was Mabel Margaret Shearwood; born in Virginia on 24 September 1886; occupation farmer; informant Mrs. W. R. Allen; cause of death broncho-pneumonia (duration 2 days); other significant cause carcinoma of pancreas; no autopsy; buried at Smyrna Christian Church, King and Queen County, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 70-006090.]

Information on Morton Rice Owen from Myrle Theimer, letter of 7 December 1993 to Thomas Moore.

M. R. Owen is listed as the mother of her daughter Frances in Frances’s marriage record.