Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Owen 
Birthabt 1815, Virginia
Documentation
Joseph Owen is listed as the father of John M. Owen in John’s 3 April 1873 marriage to Mary E. Shearwood. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 33.]
On 16 June 1839, an inquisition on the death of an infant child of Jane Ursery was made at the home of Maria Davis, before James Wright a justice of the peace, and George W. Shelton, foreman, William Oliver, Reuben B. Boughton, Benjamin Broocke, Brooks Boughton, William G. Mann, Joseph Owen, Robert S. Cauthorn, Alfred Cauthorn, Thomas Hundley, Jno: W. Robinson, and Doctor William Smith, who say that Jane Ursery did use violent means upon the body of the said infant which must have been the cause of its death. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 382.]
1850 U.S. Census, Virginia, Essex County
Page 70
Dwelling 68, Household 68
Owen, Joseph, 35, male, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Owen, John, 14, male, born in Virginia
On 16 June 1839, an inquisition on the death of an infant child of Jane Ursery was made at the home of Maria Davis, before James Wright a justice of the peace, and George W. Shelton, foreman, William Oliver, Reuben B. Boughton, Benjamin Broocke, Brooks Boughton, William G. Mann, Joseph Owen, Robert S. Cauthorn, Alfred Cauthorn, Thomas Hundley, Jno: W. Robinson, and Doctor William Smith, who say that Jane Ursery did use violent means upon the body of the said infant which must have been the cause of its death. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 382.]
1850 U.S. Census, Virginia, Essex County
Page 70
Dwelling 68, Household 68
Owen, Joseph, 35, male, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Owen, John, 14, male, born in Virginia