Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

WILLIAM M. OWEN, a native of Shelby County, Ky., was born January 29, 1850,
and is the only son of Jacob M. and Emily F. (Martin) Owen.  William Owen,
his paternal grandfather, came from Virginia about 1790, and settled on a
farm one mile southeast of Shelbyville, and his maternal grandfather,
William Martin, also a pioneer, was a hatter.  Jacob M. Owen was born in
1807, was county sheriff in 1832, and in celebrating Washington's birthday,
in the latter year, lost his arm by the accidental explosion of a cannon.
His death occurred in March, 1879.  William M. Owen was educated at Shelby
College and at the university at Millersburg.  He graduated from the latter
in January, 1869, and began business as clerk in the drug store of his
father (the firm being Winlock & Owen), and in January, 1873, became
partner.  In November, 1872, he married Miss Catherine, daughter of Dr.
W. H. Cheatham, of Louisville, and to this marriage have been born Henry M.
Owen, December 20, 1873; Jacob M., born August 19, 1875, and William
Beckham, born February 23, 1878.  Mr. Owen is treasurer of the State board,
Louisville and Lexington Turnpike Company, and of the Shelby County Horse
Association.  An uncle of Mr. Owen, R. A. Martin, a native of Shelbyville,
Ky., was killed by the notorious James brothers in March, 1872, he then
being cashier of a bank in Columbia, Ky., and refusing a surrender of its
treasure to the gang.

Owen Martin Cheatham James
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Columbia-Adair-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY

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