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HOME OF OWEN OWEN AND JANE(JENNIE) FOWLER OWEN
(Home of Jane Owen's Parents)

Jane Owen Harris', father was Owen Owen, (alpha and omega).
He was the son of Thomas Owen, Esq. and Jamima Thomas. Thomas Owen's father and
mother were John Owen and Anna Hayes.
On October 2, 1809, a plat of land containing two acres was given by Luke Parker
for the sum of 10 shillings to trustees: vis, Nicholas Parker, William Parker, Thomas
Parker, Owen Owen and William Miller for the purpose of erecting a house of worship for
use of the Methodist Episcopal church. John Parker's home was used as a meeting place
as for back as 1785. In 1816, a church was built of logs and called Parker's Meeting
House.

The town of Owenville flourished before the Civil War. During the war Owenville
was the only community in Sampson County west of Clinton, N.C. The railroad killed

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