_John Garland OWEN _______+ _Frank Stone OWEN ____| | |_Susannah Rebecca FRAZER _ | |--Harry Schroeder OWEN | | __________________________ |_Laura Sue SCHROEDER _| |__________________________
[143] Birth and death information from source (1).
[144] Was a veteran of World War I. Practiced dentistry in Dallas. (1)
[145] (1) Louisiana Genealogical Register, December 1997, p. 343.
_William OWEN ____ _Uriah OWEN ____| | |_Drucilla ECHOLS _ | |--Lucy OWEN | | __________________ |_Sarah EVERETT _| |__________________
_William OWEN ____ _Franklin E. OWEN ___| | |_Drucilla ECHOLS _ | |--Theron F. OWEN | | __________________ |_Elizabeth T. BERRY _| |__________________
_Garland OWEN _____+ _John Garland OWEN _______| | |_Sally WOOLBRIGHT _ | |--William Frazer OWEN | | ___________________ |_Susannah Rebecca FRAZER _| |___________________
[97]
Birth and death information from source (1). Baptism information from source
(3).
[98] Known as "Colonel," an honorary title (2).
[99]
An account of his life appears in Who's Who (1916-43 editions) and in Who Was
Who (vol II 1943-50). He served in the following capacities (4):
[100] 1906-07 President, New Orleans, Crowley and Western Railroad
[101] 1907-09 Gen. Mgr., Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
[102] 1910-12 VP and Gen. Mgr., New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
[103] 1912-13 President, New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
[104] 1913-16 Receiver, New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
[105] 1917-18 President, Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
[106]
1918-20 Gen. Mgr., Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad and Meridian and Memphis
Railroad
[107] under the U.S. Railroad Administration
[108]
Lived in New Orleans for 25 years (639 Esplanade)(1) and returned to Mobile to
live in about 1907. Resided at 1257 Selma Street in Mobile. (2) Also had a
country home "Owen Villa" near Irvington, Alabama. (2)
[109]
Died after being stricken on a train coming to New Orleans for a visit. Buried
in the W. F. Owen Mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery. (2)
[110] (1) Louisiana Genealogical Register, December 1997, p. 340.
[111] (2) Ibid., p. 341.
[112] (3) Louisiana Genealogical Register, June 1997, p. 127.
[113] (4) Johnson, Charles Owen, The Genealogy of Several Allied Families, p. 20