Living married WILSON HAZEL BONNY LYNN HAZEL (daughter of WILSON WILLIAM M. CLAYBURN and OWENS GNETTIE CORDELIE (NETTIE)) was born on 11 May 1909 in Cape Fair, Missouri; died on 18 Jun 1977 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; was buried in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William Wilson was a farmer and owned 160 acres of land on the S. E. 1/4 of Section 4, Township 22, Range 24. Levi D. Titus had originally received this land on a Patent Deed from T. Roosevelt, President.
Several of Nettie's relatives had moved to Oroville, California, and there was a lot of talk about the pot at the end of the rainbow. William said that he would like to take off for a year of working vacation, and he made arrangements with his brother, James, to look after the farm.
Three families: William and Nettie wilson, Furman and Amanda Knight, and the Chastain's who were friends, each bought a brand new 1923 Model-T Ford in preparation for their 2,000 mile trip.
As Helen Barnes put it: "It must have taken a great deal of courage for three country families to leave their homes and community of 300 for such an adventurous tri0p, camping out at night and cooking over an open fire. They arrived in Lodi, California, where they all got jobs in the packing sheds. From there, they continued on to their destination."
After a year or so, word arrived from James in Missouri that cholera was rampant in the hogs and was beginning to affect the cattle, and they were about to lose the farm. William and family packed as quickly as they could and were on their way back home.

There is a photograph of William and Nettie Wilson on p. 571 Stone County History Book.

p. 571-572
Leonard Carey
Stone County Missouri History Book

WILLIAM married OWENS GNETTIE CORDELIE (NETTIE) on 14 Mar 1906 in Reeds Springs, Missouri; by Alfred Spence, Minister of the Gospel. GNETTIE (daughter of OWENS JOHN ANDERSON and GORE CATHERN (CATHERINE) PARLEE (KITTY)) was born on 23 Nov 1885 in Lampe, Missouri; died on 15 Jan 1945 in Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; was buried in Cape Fair, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Robert W. Hunt was a brother of Katie Hunt who married Gnettie's brother, Walter William Owens. They were both under legal age and "J. W. Hunt, father of teh said R. W. Hunt, and John Owens, father of the said Nettie Owens, hereby give their assent to the above marriage."

Notes:

In 1922 John Owens and son, Crittendon, started out west to California. They stopped in Oklahoma to see John's nephew, William and family....It was not long afterward that word arrived from California that John had found work and the opportunity was great for others. (See William Nathan Owens for further notes.)
p. 562 History of Stone County Missouri

His marriage to Cathern Parlee "Kitty" Gore was a double ceremony with his brother Hugh.

The 1880 Census lists John as living between his brothers, Daniel and James Owens. he lived close tohis mother-in-law until her death, at the age of 96, in 1917, at teh home of Crittendon and Pansy Owens, across the White River at the Jones settlement, near Lampe, Missouri. She was visiting there prior to her intentions of going up near Jenkins (between Shell Knob and Aurora, Barry County, Missouri) to visit Walter and Kate.
John and Kitty moved to Butte County, California, in 1920; and he lived 5 years before his death, 17 Sept., 1925, at Thermal, California. He is buried in the cemetery plot, at Sutter City, California, that his son-in-law, Furman Knight, had purchased at the death of his child.
Kitty moved back to Stone County, Missosuri, to live with her daughter, Sara Amanda Knight, until her death 5 March, 1935, at Cape Fair. She is buried at Cape Fair. John and Kitty were the parents of 8 children.

There is a photograph on p. 569 Stone County History Book with the following heading:

From left:Crittendon, John, Bryan, Nettle, Harvey, Amanda, Jesse, "Kitty," and Calvin Owens

p. 569
Leonard E. Carey
History fo Stone County Missouri 1989
Stone County, Missouri, Historical Society

JOHN married GORE CATHERN (CATHERINE) PARLEE (KITTY) on 14 Sep 1879 in Stone County, Missouri;by F.M. Cron, Minister. CATHERN (daughter of GORE WILLIAM CAROL (TIPTON) and UNKNOWN NANCY E. "GRANY") was born on 18 Sep 1858 in Carroll County, Arkansas.; died on 5 Mar 1935 in Cape Fair, Missouri; was buried in Cape Fair Cemetery, Stone County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She lived in Section 10 of Alpine Township, on Frank Reser's farm before her marriage.