Item Detail
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Owens, Abigal Burr
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1799-1862
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MSS SC 574
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Biography
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Abigal Burr was born on November 22, 1799 in Onondago or Montgomery County, New York to Constance Hungerford and Horace Burr. She married James Clark Owens in 1816. In 1817 they lived in Ohio, then in 1818 moved to Mercer, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1819. In 1820 they moved to Trumbull, Ohio and stayed there until 1831 when they moved to Jackson, Missouri. They were some of the early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They were driven with the saints to Iowa. They lost three of their children in accidents along the way. While in Iowa John got caught in a snowstorm and died. In 1852 Abigal and her children traveled with the saints to Utah settling in Provo. Soon after they arrived, her sons were called to settle Fillmore, Utah. She went with them and lived there until her death on November 27, 1862. She was the mother of eight children.
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This biography is part of the 'Horace B. Owens Papers' collection. Horace B. Owens is Abigal's oldest son. Her part of the collection is one page, typed. It was written by her granddaughter Medora O. Trueblood. It is very brief, but tells of the major events in Abigal's life. It talks a bit about the persecutions endured by the saints when being driven from their homes by mobs. Her oldest son was the one to bring word of the destruction of the printing press in Jackson County, Missouri. It tells of her faith and integrity though she lost several of her children during the trek out west.
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1887-1964