Joseph Henry Owen

1857 - 1902  (44 years)

• Name	Joseph Henry Owen
  Born	14 Oct 1857	Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Apr 1902	Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
  Buried	21 Apr 1902	Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
  Person ID	I5906	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Abigail Grow,   b. 27 Mar 1866, Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States ,   d. 10 Jan 1924, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  (Age 57 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1883
  Children	1. Joseph William Owen,   b. 23 Apr 1884, Beaver Canyon, Bingham, Idaho ,   d. 23 Apr 1884, Beaver Canyon, Bingham, Idaho  (Age 0 years)   2. Mary Ethel Owen,   b. 14 Apr 1885, Camas, Idaho, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charles Henry Owen,   b. 28 Mar 1887, Camas, Idaho, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Zella Abigail Owen,   b. 23 Aug 1889, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. 11 Dec 1890, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  (Age 1 years)   5. James Victor Owen,   b. 24 Jul 1891, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. 28 Feb 1892, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  (Age 0 years)   6. David Albert Owen,   b. 1 Mar 1895, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. 11 Jun 1941  (Age 46 years)   7. Luella Maud Owen,   b. 16 Mar 1896, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Daniel Horace Owen,   b. 3 Sep 1897, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Lois May Owen,   b. 14 Apr 1900, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Goldie Alverda Owen,   b. 30 Aug 1902, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States ,   d. 18 May 1936  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1857 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Died - 18 Apr 1902 - Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States Buried - 21 Apr 1902 - Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Family and home of Mary Abigail Grow and Joseph Henry Owen

  
  

• Notes

  1847 BIR: Rawson-Coffin Family Bk, cc poss Pam Hallmark Wagner, info frm dau Lois Owen Chapman. Sn of James Colegrove and Sariah Rawson Owen. 1883 MG: Rawson-Coffin Fam Bk: 5 Aug 1883; Pioneers & Prominent Men pg 903: 15 Aug 1883 NOTES: Biography of Joseph Henry Owen by dau Luella O Lambert, Rawson-Coffin Family Book, pg 117: My father, Joseph Henry Owen, was born Oct 14 1857 at Ogden,Weber,Utah, son of James Colegrove and Sariah Rawson Owen. He spent his boyhood days there in Ogden, attending the public schools and Weber Academy. He taught classes here during his last year under Professor Moench. At the age of 14, he was self-supporting. His first place of employment was at the Ogden Broom Factory. We went to work as an Engineer for the railroad in 1882. His train was a helper train from Beaver Canyon - going through Camas, Idaho (lg thriving mining town at the time). It was here that he met mother, Mary Abigail Grow, whom he married Aug 5 1883, the marriage being solemnized at the Logan Temple. She was the daughter of William Moyer and Esther Hunt Coffin Grow and born at Huntsville, Weber, Utah. Because railroading took Father away from home so much they decided to homestead a farm. In 1889, with their two small children, Mary Ethel and Charles Henry, they went to South Iowa, Bingham Co, Idaho and here they homesteaded a quarter section of land. Four of father's brothers, William, Albert, Nathaniel and Daniel, also homesteaded each a quarter section. This was later known as Ammon and later, through division, the county was named Bonneville. Father never liked farming. 10 years after moving to Ammon, he went to Ogden to try to get back working for the railroad, but he would have had to start from the bottom all over again. He did not want to do that, so he returned them to Ammon and stayed with the farm. Father drove the first buggy out of Idaho Falls. Ethel says she still remembers the day he came home from town, driving the buggy, a shiny new one. He was a quiet, unassuming man, never given to temper or harsh words. In 1891, he was set apart as Ward Clerk of Ammon and in September of 1899, he was set apart as First Counselor to Bishop Christian Anderson of the Ammon Ward. He was also Clerk of the Ammon School Board and Justice of the Peace. He still held all of these positions at the time of his death, which occurred April 18, 1902. He was a High Priest. He had been released as Ward Clerk. In the spring of 1902, father was preparing wheat for his spring planting. He had not done any hard work all winter. It was strenuous work, lifting bags of wheat into a barrel of vitroil and then out onto a platform. He went to bed, having eaten a hearty supper and apparently well, but lifting the bags had ruptured a blood vessel, causing a Cerebreal Hemmorage. He never regained consciousness and died forty-eight hours later, leaving a widow and seven living children. The youngest child of the family was born five months after his death. This child was Goldie Alverda. Three children had preceded him in death, the first child having been born prematurely. The Ammon school was closed during the funeral, so the school children could attend. They all marched in and past the casket. He was buried April 21, a cold, windy day.