----- Original Message ----- From: Modene Knight Thornton <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [TXFREEST] Martin Owens > In which Antioch Cemetery do you supposed they are buried? There are > three Antioch cemeteries in Freestone County. One north of Teague, one > at Luna and one at Turlington. > There are two "unmarked" graves in Antioch at Luna that were designated > by John Calvin Knight as "Mr. and Mrs. Owens." > Modene > Sorry,I don't know anything about Martin Owens. The two unmarked graves at Antioch at Luna are probably Hansford D. and his wife, Mary Jane Shelton Owens. According to the TX Confederate Pension she received for his service in the Civil War, he died Jan. 1, 1892 in Freestone. They had one child, Celia Owens. She married John C. Gafford in 1868 in Freestone. According to the 1900 census Celia Gafford had 6 children with 3 living at that time. There is a grave for Ada Gafford at Antioch Cemetery (one of their children). I don't believe Hansford D. Owens had relatives in the area. He was born in 1825 in MS- they married in Lauderdale Co., MS- lived in Ashley Co., AR before moving to Freestone in 1862 with her brother, Isaac W. Shelton and family. Would like to correspond with anyone about these families. Thanks. Jonelle Aaron