Columbus Alexander OWENBY
Minnie Beulah RICH


Husband:  Columbus Alexander OWENBY
Birth:  27 May 1889, Gum Log, Union Co., Georgia
Death:  15 Jan 1961, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
Burial:  Jan 1961, Owltown Cemetery, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
Father:  Andrew Pinkney OWNBEY
Mother:  Mary Jane MCGEE

Marriage:      1909, Union Co., Georgia  

Wife:  Minnie Beulah RICH
Birth:  29 Jul 1891, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Death:  23 Mar 1974, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
Burial:  Mar 1974, Owltown Cemetery, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
Father:  Charles Edward RICH
Mother:  Nannie EPPS

Children:  
1. Andrew Newton OWENBY, b: 2 May 1910, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
                                            d: 2 May 1910, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
2. Ethel Mae OWENBY, b: 1 Mar 1911, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
                                    d: 2 Mar 1911, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
3. Russell Charles OWENBY, b: 6 Jun 1912, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
                                            d: 7 Feb 1981, Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
4. Bessie Ellen OWENBY
(Brown), b: 3 Jan 1916, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
                                                 d: 23 Sep 2002, Fannin Co., Georgia
                                              bur: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
5. Ruth Jane OWENBY, b: 5 Aug 1918, Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
                                    d: 3 Aug 1936, Union Co., Georgia
                                 bur: Owltown Cemetery, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
6. Arthur Pink OWENBY, b: 19 Feb 1922, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
                                      d: 29 Aug 2000, Woodruff, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
                                   bur: Greenhaven Memorial Gardens, Woodruff, Spartanburg Co. South Carolina
7. Henry Grady OWENBY, b: 28 Sep 1927, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
                                        d: 16 Jan 1928, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
                                     bur: Owltown Cemetery, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
8. Nela B. OWENBY
(Lang), b: 27 Sep 1925, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
9. Sebren Jeremiah OWENBY, b: 18 Sep 1929, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
                                              d: 9 Jun 1999, Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana  
10. Sara Estelle OWENBY
(Boyer), b: 1931, Owltown, Union Co., Georgia
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Notes:    

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_1713, Page 225A), Buffalo Mill Village, Union Co., South Carolina,
                                                                                      Enumeration District:  129, Enumeration Date: 8-Jan-1920, Family #152

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 OWENSBY, Columbus

 Head

M

30

M

GA

GA

GA

 Corder / Cotton Mill

 

                Mary

 Wife

F

28

M

GA

GA

GA

 Daffer / Cotton Mill

 

                Russell

 Son

M

7

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

   X 

                Bessie

 Daughter

F

4y0m

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

   

                Ruth

 Daughter

F

1y1m

S

GA

GA

GA

 None

   

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0389, Page 190B), Owltown Dist., Union Co., Georgia,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 15, Enumeration Date: 3-Apr-1930, Family #15

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 OWENBY, Columbus

 Head

M

40

M

20

GA

NC

TN

 

 Farmer

               Minnie

 Wife

F

38

M

18

GA

GA

GA

  

 None

               Russell

 Son

M

17

S

 

GA

GA

GA

X   

 Farm Laborer

               Bessie

 Daughter

F

13

S

 

GA

GA

GA

X   

 Farm Laborer

               Ruth

 Daughter

F

11

S

 

GA

GA

GA

X   

 None

               Arthur

 Son

M

8

S

 

GA

GA

GA

X   

 None

               Nela

 Daughter

F

4y3m

S

 

GA

GA

GA

   

 None

               Cebron

 Son

M

6m

S

 

GA

GA

GA

   

 None

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_0717-0488, Page 104B), Owltown Dist., Union Co., Georgia,
                                                                          Enumeration District: 144-16, Enumeration Date: 9-May-1940, Family #69

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 OWENBY, Lum A

 Head

M

50

M

 

5

GA

 Blacksmith / WPA

                Minnie

 Wife

F

48

M

 

H-2

GA

 

                Nela

 Daughter

F

14

S

6

GA

  

                Ceburn

 Son

M

10

S

X

3

GA

  

                Estell

 Daughter

F

8

S

X   

1

GA

 

                Arthur

 Son

M

18

M

 

7

GA

 Road Work / WPA

                Cleo

 Daughter L

F

21

M

  

3

GA

 

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Sources:    
1) Death - Husband:  Union County Georgia Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #011584
2) Death - Wife:  Union County Georgia Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #009377