Person:Mary Langsdon (1)

Notes

David and his wife; Mary (Langsdon), and their children, headed toward Henderson Co., Texas, from Randolph Co., Alabama in 1851.While enroute, Mary died from cholera, near Shrevport, Louisana. David settled in the Mill Run community and set aside part ofhis land for the Owen Cemetery. The eldest marker in the Owen Cemetery belongs to David's son; Silas Monk Owen who passed awayin 1873. Many of the graves in this cemetery, are unmarked, or marked only with rocks.

census

1850 US Federal Census Smith Co., Texas, pg. 109 Line #20-25, HH #183 Owen, David A., 33, M, Farmer, SC Houston, 10, M, AL Steven, 8, M, AL Silas, 5, M, AL Dennis, 3, M, AL Mary M.,1, F, AL

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1870 US Federal Census Henderson Co., Texas Reel #593, Line #40 & 1-8, HH #127 Owen, David A., 52, W, M, Farmer, 1,500, AL Lucinda, 35, W, F, Keeping House, TN Mary, M., 20, W, F, AL Jeff D., 9, W, M, TX David R., 7, W, M, TX Stephen T., 5, W, M, TX Jordin, 1, W, M, TX Sallie W., 69, W, F, SC (She is mother to David A.Owen.) Brown, Wesley W., 19, W, M, TX

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1880 US Federal Census Athens, Henderson Co., Texas Precinct #1, HH#157/182 Owen, David, W, M, 62, Farmer, AL, SC, SC Lucinda, W, F, 45, W(ife), Kp house, TN, NC, NC, Jefferson, W, M, 19, S(on), TX, AL, TN David, W, M, 16, S(on), TX, AL, TN Stephen, W, M, 13, S(on), TX, AL, TN Jordan, W, M, 11, S(on), TX, AL, TN Sallie, W, F, 9, D(aughter), TX, AL, TN DeWitt, W, M, 7, S(on), TX, AL, TN Joseph C., W, M, 4, S(on), TX, AL, TN