McStay and Turner Family Research Center:Information about William Owens
William Owens (b. 06 Feb 1853, d. 17 Jul 1923)
Notes for William Owens:
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d the church in Ohio in 1844, andrs, Robert accepted the call and wentile his wife drove her ox team to Utah ande met and married a second wife,ad five children, two girls and three, February 6, 1853. He was blind at birth., and one of these, Joseph, was also blind.
ome together. From early childhoodom threshing machines to old clocks andis brother, Joseph, to make their owny walked the rails from town to town; Josephd tuned pianos.
p him gain his sight. This desire took him to England, where he lived with the ,family of Joseph Edgley. The oldest daughter, Mary Ann, was his guide while in London. William never found any help for his eyes, so the time came to go home. Knowing the desires of the Edgley family to come to Utah, William offered to pay the passage for two members, so Mary Ann and her father, Joseph, came with him. Soon after on September 26, 1888, William and Mary Ann became man and wife. They lived for a few years in Logan and Smithfield, where five children were born. He built a home there himself and it is still in use.
gley family had settled, and there William Owens built a home and a store. He called it "Live and Let Live Mercantile." He sold most everything needed in the home. He arranged things in their places and insisted they were to be kept there so he could find them. His wife helped him and they did well, but her health failed so they sold the store and moved to Shelley, Idaho, where father farmed for two years, but since it took eyes to farm, he did not do well, although mother's health improved. Soon the ' family moved back to Pocatello where father built another home. He hired carpenters, but bossed the job himself, and when it came to the plumbing, the plumbers charged too much so he sent away for the fix, tures and did the job himself. That plumbing is still in use. He opened a small store in that home and the rest of his life he sold groceries.
e he could go anywhere he had ever been before without help. He always knew when he came to a corner or a hole in the sidewalk. He could count the buildings and doorways by sound. But for his cane, one would never know he could not see his way. Sometimes as a young girl I tried to hide by being very quiet when I saw him coming, but he always knew and spoke to me. He was a High Priest in the Church, and died July 17, 1923, in Pocatello. Uncle Joe lived for many years in Lewiston, Utah. He married twice. First, to Sarah Butterfield, and second, to Elizabeth Ellis. He was the father of six children. He died at Lewiston, March 16, 1943.--Eva Owens Jorgensen.
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!BORN: Pocatello Ward Records FHL film #07552
!NOTE: Born blind
!PARENTS:Genealogy Record of Mary Ann Edgley Owens
Pocatello Ward Records FHL film #07552
!MARRIED:Genealogy Record of Mary Ann Edgley Owens
Copy of Rarriage Certificate
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The Story of the Blind in Utah DAR pub. Apr. 1949 pg. 385
"I see" said the Blind Man by William Edgley Owens
CHURCH:
1862 July 9 Confirmed by Silas S. Smith
1896 Apr. 17 Ord. Elder by Alumby Lemon Pocatello Ward
1906 Feb. 2 Ord. High Priest by James Henderson
1908 Sep. 6 Shelley, Idaho from Pocatello Ward
1911 June 5 Pocatello Ward from Goshen, Idaho
!DIED: Idaho Certificate of birth #42641
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ORDINANCES:L f ilm #07552
Aug 1862 TIB Endowment House #5618 Bk. G Pg. 187ag e 187
BIRTH:Pocatello Ward Membership Record GD film 07,552 BIC.TIB Endow ment House #5618 Book G Page 187
MAR.Zerox copy of Marriage Certificate in possession of
Barbara Stoddard, 2820 SE47th Ave, Portland, Oregon.
STW.. Death 1 7 Jul 1923
More About William Owens:
Alt. Birth: 06 Feb 1853, Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah.2060, 2061
Burial: 20 Jul 1923, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho.2061, 2062
Record Change: 06 Sep 2007
More About William Owens and Mary Ann Edgley:
Marriage: 26 Sep 1888, Logan, Cache, Utah.2062, 2063
Record Change: 17 Aug 2007
Children of William Owens and Mary Ann Edgley are:
- +Amy Eliza Owens, b. 1891, Springfield, Utah2063, d. 27 Aug 1980, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho2063, 2064.
- Mary Ann Owens, b. 12 Mar 1893, Logan, Cache, Utah2065, 2066, d. 14 Sep 1893, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah2067, 2068.
- William Edgley Owens, b. 29 Apr 1894, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah2069, 2070, d. 15 Aug 1975, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho2071, 2072.
- +Joseph Alma Owens, b. 28 Jan 1896, Logan, Cache, Utah2073, 2074, d. 19 Dec 1964, Ogden, Weber, Utah2075, 2076.
- Rose Eva Owens, b. 16 Oct 1897, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah2077, 2078, d. 26 Jun 1977, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah2079, 2080.
- Pansy Mignonette Owens, b. 31 Dec 1902, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho2081, 2082, d. 06 Jan 1940, Gooding, Gooding County, Utah2083, 2084.