OWENS WALTER WILLIAM

1881 - 1953  (72 years)

• Name	OWENS WALTER WILLIAM
  Born	26 Apr 1881	Owens District, Stone County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jun 1953	Oroville, California   [1]
  Buried	Sutter City, California
  Person ID	I01264	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	OWENS JOHN ANDERSON,   b. 14 Apr 1856, Granby, Newton County, Missouri. ,   d. 17 Sep 1925, Oroville, California; or d. Thermal, California  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	GORE CATHERN (CATHERINE) PARLEE (KITTY),   b. 18 Sep 1858, Carroll County, Arkansas. ,   d. 5 Mar 1935, Cape Fair, Missouri  (Age 76 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1879	Stone County, Missouri;by F.M. Cron, Minister
  Family ID	F00403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HUNT CASSIE CATHERINE (KATE) (KATIE),   b. 15 Mar 1882, Bath, Kentucky ,   d. 30 Jan 1961, Chico, Butte County, California  (Age 78 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1902	Norwalk, Stone County, Missouri, bride's home, by R. A. Crawford, Minister
  Children	1. OWENS JOHN EARL,   b. 25 Sep 1903, Reeds Spring, Stone County, Missouri ,   d. 21 Feb 1931, Clovis, New Mexico  (Age 27 years) + 2. OWENS MARION ROCHESTER "ROE",   b. 30 Jan 1905, Stone County, Missouri ,   d. Jan 1986, Rowe, Idaho; d. of cancer  (Age 80 years) + 3. OWENS RAYMOND FRANKLIN "PAT",   b. 13 Jun 1908, the claim near Clovis, New Mexico ,   d. 1 Feb 1974, Oroville, California; bd. there.  (Age 65 years) + 4. Living + 5. OWENS KENNETH CLYNE "SLIM",   b. 4 Nov 1916, Jenkins, Barry County, Missouri ,   d. 18 May 1979, Oroville, California  (Age 62 years)   6. Living
  Family ID	F03553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Walter and "Katie," along with their children, John Earl and Marion "Roe", were with the caravan of some 12 families that left Stone county, Missouri, in 1907 to try their luck at homesteading in New Mexico. One child was born in Clovis, New Mexico, and another in Lewis, New Mexico. Drought forced them to give up any hope of making a go of it in New Mexico, and they headed back to Missouri, stopping along the way at his cousin's, Andrew Owens at Binger, Oklahoma, and farming with him for 2 years. Walter and Kate then moved near Jenkins, Missouri, where their fifth child was born. Finally they moved to Baxter, Missouri, just about the time fo teh :great flu epidemic." One child was born there. Walter and Katie, along with Crittendon and Pansy, sons of John Owens, moved their families to Oklahoma and on to California in 1922. They sent word back that they had settled in Palermo, near Oroville, and that there was plenty of work. They both lived to be in their 70's. Walter died 12 June, 1953, at Oroville, California, and Katie died 30 Jan., 1961, at Chico, California. They are both buried along side John Owens in the cemetery at Sutter City, California. They were the parents of 6 children. There is a photograph on p. 570 Stone County History book of Walter and Catherin "Kate" (Hunt) Owens, 14 July, 1947. p. 569-570 Leonard Carey Stone County History Book

  
  

• Sources

  [S079336] Dana M. Atkinson Whetstone.