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Short and slender, but firm and supple, too, and lithesome as any ashplant. He was of dark hari and complexion, with remarkable blue eyes that burst into fire and light under emotion.
The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press, 1981
Owen, Goronwy (1723-69), Welsh language poet: b. Llanfair-Matharfan-Eithaf; curate of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf 1746; master of Donnington (Salop) school early 1750s; curate in London (Northolt) 1755-8.
'Cywydd Dydd y Farn Fawr'
'Bonedd a Chyneddfau'r Awen'
'Cywydd yn ateb Huw'r Bardd Coch'
'Cywydd y Ge, neu'r Maen Gwerrthfawr;
published in Goroviana 1860
Donnington, Salop. Village on a minor road E. of the B4 380, just W. of The Wrekin. Goronwy Owen, Welsh poet, wrote some of his best poetry while he was master of Donnington school, including 'Cywydd y Farn Fawr'. In 1753 he moved to Walton near Liverpool, and in 1755 to Northolt (London). The vicar of Northolt obtained an appointment for him as headmaster of the grammar school attached to William and Mary College, Virginia, and he emigrated there in 1758. The first edition of his works (Goroviana), published in 1860, was followed by many later editions. There are copies of his letters and poems among the manuscripts in the British Museum and the National Library of Wales.
Llanfair-Maathafarn-Eithaf (pr. -Mathavarn-Itav), Gwynedd
Parish in Anglesey to the S. of Llangallgo, just W. of the A5025 from the Menal Bridge to Amlwch. The poet Goronwy Owen, whose father and grandfather (a tinker) were both rhymers and genealogists, was gorn in a cottage here, possibly in the family home, Y Dafarn Goch. After education at Llangallgo,l Pwlllhli, and Bangor, which led to a scholarship at Jesus College, Oxford, he was ordaned in 1746 and appointed curate of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, which gave him the opportunity of meeting the poets and antiquaries of Anglesey. Later he moved to Northolt, London. He produced translations and adaptions from classical language, a few limitations of the old Welsh poets, addresses to and elegies on his firends. his best-=known poems are 'Cywydd Dydd y Chyneddfau'r Awen' (The Lineage and Attributes of the Muse), 'Cywydd yn atebn Huw'r Bardd Coch' (Cywydd in answer to Huw the Red Poet), and 'Cywydd y Gem neu'r Maen Gwerthfawr' (The Gem or the Precious Stone).
House located on Reedy Creek near Smoky Ordinary in Brunswick County.
[NI0006]
1757 was a student at the college grammar school of William and Mary
1798 Some admirers of his father wrote to him but the reply indicated that the son took but little interest in the welch people or the fame of his father. Before he gave the information, he must first know who would pay him for it.
[NI0007] It is believed that Goronwy, the son of Goronwy Owen and Ellen Hughes died before his father
[NI0009] Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s
[NI0010] Educated at William and Mary College. He was a merchant by occupation.
[NI0014] Fifth grandson of the bard, settled in Mobile, AL where he held several offices under the Federal government, among them collector of the port. He also engaged in mercantile prusuits. He was universally respected and beloved.
[NI0054]
Minutes of the Virginia Methodists Conference
October 20-28, 1852
1847 James P. Owen, Norfolk District, Princess Anne
1850 James P. Owen, Petersburg District, Sussex
1851 James P. Owen, Supernumerary preacher at Sussex
1852 James P. Owen, Distinguished for his meekness, humility, and fidelity for his work.
He was born March 13, 1809; converted June 9, 1826; Licenced to preach October 7, 1830, and admitted on trial in the itineracy February 1831. He traveled Haw River, Hanover, Bertie, Randolph, Wilkes, Pittsylvania, Gates, Princess Anne, Greenville, Nottoway, Campbell, Prince Edward, Pasquotank, and Sussex Circuits. He died in Sussex circuit, on the 26th of March of the prersent year, strong in faith and rejoicing in hope, lamented in death as he was honored and beloved in life.
Proud's HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(pp 290-291) EARLY MINISTERS' BONDS
1836 James P. Owen, Methodist
Greensville County Marriages, 1781-1853 John Vogt & T. William Kethlely, Jr.
Virginia Historic Marriage Register
(pp 156)`
1839 James P. Owen, Methodist 1 Marrige Performed
Brunswick County Marriages, 1750-1853
John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr.
(pp 294) James P. Owen, Methodist 1 Marriage Performed
Grave behind Parsonage at Coman's Well, Virginia
In Memory of Rev. James P. Owen
born in Amelia Co. Va.
March 13, 1809
Converted June 9th 1826
received into the Va. Conference
Feb. 1831 & died at the Sussex
Parsonage in Great Peace
March 26, 1852
servant of God well done
Rest from thy loved employ
the battle fought the victory won
Enter thy master's joy
[NI0057] Owen Hughes, a retired ironmonger and an alderman of Oswestry, in Shropshire.
[NI0061] Moved to Nashvillel, TN where he resided till his death in 1869. He served in the Mexican war and and at its close wore the stars of a colonel.
[NI0062] Lawyer by profession. He figured conspicuously in the political arena for many years. He held a seat in Congress for many consecutive terms.
[NI0090] Died young.
[NI0095]
Reared and educated at Nashville. At the breaking out of the civil war, he at once elnisted in the Confederate ranks, and six months later sealed his devotion to the cause with his blood.
"His soldier grave will well attest,
Unto the passer by,
That dulce et decorum est,
Pro patria mori."
[NI0741] Mom loved the Lord and chose to like everyone she met. She was respected and well liked by everyone, black or white. Her influence on my life was paramount. If I only I could be more like her! Sharon, is the person most like Mom that I have ever met and that is why I married her. When Dad called this morning at 7:00 with the news I both expected and wanted to hear I cried like a baby. I am at the same time happy for her release because she is now with the savior she loves.
[NI0742]
Family Story
T.C. left Virginia at the close of the Civil War. One story is that he worked a farmer's mule to death and fled to LA. According to Aunt Willie, wife of his eldest son Albert Clifton, T.C. struck a black man on the steps of the Petersburg VA courthouse. The man fell and hit his head and subsequently died. T.C. was arrested and jailed. His friends saddled up his horse and went down to the jail. Using a rope they pulled the jail window out and T.C. fled.
The above is probably not true. Cousin John Waverly Owen reports that the descendents of Thomas E. Owen who remained in Petersburg report that T.C. cut the tail off of a farmer's horse and fled when he realized what he had done. The mule would not have been able to shoo the horse flies and would have died from bites and sores.
T.C. Owen was nick named "Dody".
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Family story
E.R. Fortson was a preacher of a Baptist church. His daughter Addie was went to a dance against his express wishes and he threw her out of the church and out of the family. She went to live in Shreveport where she later met T.C. The two outcasts were attracted to each other and they married.
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[Brøderbund Family Archive #290, Ed. 1, Census Index: VA, WV, VIRGINIA CENSUS, Dinwiddie County, 1870, Date of Import: May 23, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.290.1.9414.3]
Individual: Owen, Thos E
Race: W
Age: 29
Birth place: VA
Township: 1-Wd Petersburg
Microfilm: Roll 1643, Page 221
[NI0762] Frank Asbury Owen was named after the first leader of the Methodist Church in America, Francis Asbury.
[NI0763]
Alive in 1939[Brøderbund Family Archive #290, Ed. 1, Census Index: VA, WV, VIRGINIA CENSUS, Dinwiddie County, 1870, Date of Import: May 23, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.290.1.9414.2]
Individual: Owen, James
Race: W
Age: 7
Birth place: VA
Township: 1-Wd Petersburg
Microfilm: Roll 1643, Page 222
[NI0764]
[Brøderbund Family Archive #290, Ed. 1, Census Index: VA, WV, VIRGINIA CENSUS, Dinwiddie County, 1870, Date of Import: May 23, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.290.1.9414.4]
Individual: Owens, Maggie
Race: W
Age: 8
Birth place: VA
Township: Darvills Twp
Microfilm: Roll 1643, Page 495
[NI0765] Alive in 1939
[NI0770]
[Brøderbund Family Archive #290, Ed. 1, Census Index: VA, WV, VIRGINIA CENSUS, Dinwiddie County, 1870, Date of Import: May 23, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.290.1.9465.22]
Individual: Tucker, C E H
Race: W
Age: 41
Birth place: VA
Township: Darvills Twp
Microfilm: Roll 1643, Page 495
[NI1022]
The marriage of Miss Laura Lister Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Owen and Mr. Folger Bryant Vallette, was celebrated on Thursday afternoon in the parlors of the First Baptist church. Dr. M. E. Dodd officiating. The ceeremony was witnessed by the families of lthe contracting parties only, and Mr. and Mrs. Vallette left immediately for New Orleans, where they will spend their honeymoon.
The bride was very handsome in a modish tailored suit of French linen in white with white shoes and hat and she wore a corsage boquet of gbride roses and tube roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Vallette will be at home after August 5, at the Ridgely apartments in Birmingham, AL.
Mrs. Vallette is a girl of lovely character and her firends while wishing her much joy and happiness in her wedded life, regret that she will make her home in another city. Mr. Vallette is a son of Mrs. P. S. Vallette, and is a young man of sterling qualities, whose many friends predict a bright future for him.
The young couple have the best wishes of their hosts of friends for health and prosperity.
As a young boy in the early 1960s, our family visited Aunt Laura and her son Edgar in Atlanta. I can only remember an old lady with lots of stories. Edgar was a Vice President at the Federal reserve bank in Atlanta. He took us on a tour of the bank. That night we went out to Aunt Pitty Pats Porch where we listened to the Floyd Patterson fight with Johansen.
[NF119] Marriage details: Sec Lewis Brown, Witnesses; Charles Harrison, John Smith, Lewis Brown
[NS81591] Page 553
[NS81593] Personal Library
[NS79373] Personal Library
[NS44991] Customer pedigree.