This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Rufus William Owen
   Born: 4 AUG 1884       at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 23 SEP 1903      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
   Died: 8 AUG 1971       at: Transylvania CO, NC  
 Father:Francis Marion Owen
 Mother:Elizabeth Caroline Wood
        Other Spouses: 
   Wife: Florence Caldonia Hall
   Born: 25 FEB 1885      at: Swain CO, NC  
   Died: 29 JUN 1979      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
 Father:William Elbert Hall
 Mother:Altha J. Owen
        Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN
   Name: Grace Arlettie Owen
   Born: 13 OCT 1904      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: ABT 1922         at: Transylvania CO, NC  
   Died: 25 DEC 1985      at: Henderson CO, NC  
Spouses: Homer Orr  
   Name: Odell Marion Owen
   Born: 11 NOV 1906      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 27 JUL 1932      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
   Died: 8 NOV 1967       at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Spouses: Stella Kilpatrick  
   Name: William Taft Owen
   Born: 9 NOV 1908       at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 9 OCT 1928       at:   
   Died: 23 DEC 1981      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Spouses: Beatrice Lucille Glazener  Alma Ricker  
   Name: Arthur Tillman Owen
   Born: 5 NOV 1911       at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 16 FEB 1941      at: Pickens CO, SC  
   Died: 13 JAN 1997      at:   
Spouses: Dora Lee Garren  
   Name: Clarence Rufus Owen
   Born: 20 JAN 1914      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 13 MAY 1914      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Spouses: 
   Name: Mona Helen Owen
   Born: 20 SEP 1915      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 19 SEP 1948      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
   Died: 20 JUL 1989      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Spouses: Clarence Summey  
   Name: Hall L. Owen
   Born: 17 MAR 1918      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 15 JAN 1944      at: Pickens CO, SC  
   Died: JUN 1986         at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Spouses: Reba Price  
   Name: Lawrence Rufus Owen
   Born: 13 MAY 1920      at: Jackson CO, NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: Lurlene Lusk  
   Name: Russell Lowell Owen
   Born: 27 NOV 1922      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 17 NOV 1987      at: Haywood CO, NC  
Spouses: Reba Wilson  
   Name: Bellva Ora Owen
   Born: 11 APR 1924      at: Transylvania CO, NC  
Married: 20 SEP 1942      at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: Fred Gillespie