On 14 March 1942 in Highland Springs, Virginia, Morton Rice Owen, Jr., married Ruth Thomas Huddleston in a Baptist ceremony. He was 22; white; single; not previously married; occupation carpenter foreman; born in Howertons, Virginia; father was Martin [sic] Rice Owen, Sr.; mother was Mable Coleman; resident of Highland Springs, Virginia. She was 21; white; single; not previously married; born in Highland Springs, Virginia; father was L. B. Huddleston; mother was Hattie Green; resident of Highland Springs, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 8489.]