This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/1700.1 Message Board Post: In the 1850 Newton County, Arkansas census there is a Rutha age 3 in the household of Thomas Owen age 38 TN and wife Mary age 45 NC. Other children: William 16 TN, Susannah 15 TN, Francis M. MO, Catherine 12 AR, Aaron 12 AR(twins), Mary E. 9 AR, James T. 7 AR, John H. 4 AR, Rutha 3 AR, Anna Jane 3 AR(twins), Barbara 1 AR. Barbara Owen and Aaron Owen also married in Johnson County. There are several people researching this Owen family. William and Susannah Owen were in Newton Co. in 1850. They think Richard Owen born 1804 NC, Thomas born either 1808 or 1812 (depending on which age in the census you use) and Aaron born 1819 KY belong to William and Susannah. I think this family lived along the southwestern line of Newton County where it connects to Johnson County. On Ruthey J. and Hampton Owens marriage license it states they were married at the home of R. T. Owens. This is Hampton's father. Don't know how he fits into these families. My sister-in-law descends from Aaron's family. My maiden name was Owens and this family also lived in Newton County, but much later in the 1880s. So that is why I am keeping track of the Owen family, to see if there could possibly be any connection. So far, I have found none.