Kate Hovious Owens ca. 1904, aged 53.Katie Katera Katrina Hovious. Daughter of Peter HOVIOUS and Julie (Moore?). Born in Kentucky, Sep 1851. Married, in Knox Co. IN. on 18 Feb. 1872, Elias OWENS Jr. [b. Missouri, 25 Dec 1845]. The family moved to Texas in 1879. Around 1918 they moved to Copperas Cove. Elias Owens was in the Cotton Gin business and, as his obituary stated, he was "widely known throughout Central Texas, having been in the Gin business in this section of the state for .. sixty years. He .. had a long and varied career and at the time of his death was the oldest gin man in Texas. ..He was loved by young and old alike. He will be greatly missed..He always had a cheerful word for each one who passed."

    Kate's husband Elias is varyingly referred to as Sr. or Jr., perhaps depending on when the reference is dated; he would have been Jr. while his father was still alive, and then Sr. after the birth of his last son.

    Elias Owens died on 15 Apr 1934. Kate Hovious Owens died on 29 Mar 1935. Both are buried in Copperas Cove, TX.

    See below for more classic Owens family photos!

    Children:

    1. Lula Laverne Owens. m. Walter Matthew Gilliam.
    2. Daisy Owens.
    3. Howard Owens, born 5 Sep 1881, died 10 Nov 1951
    4. Cora Owens, born Mar 1886. Married Oz McDonald. Died 17 Apr 1969
    5. Nora Owens, born 1887, m. Louis Hawkins. D. 18 Nov 1930.
    6. Walter O. Owens, born 24 Aug 1888.
    7. Sallie Owens, b. 09 Dec 1891, Brown County, TX; D. 23 Apr 1982, Brown County, TX.
    8. Virgie Owens, born Sep. 1893, married M. Williams.
    9. Herman Owens, born 02 Mar 1895
    10. Hillary Owens, born 02 Mar 1895
    11. Elias Owens, born 15 Oct 1898, died 2 Jan 1952. Married MayBelle Green, 1922.

      12. Elias Owens and Kate Hovious Owens

      Elias Owens and Kate Hovious Owens

      The Owens family circa 1904

      The Owens/Hovious family circa 1904. BACK ROW: Howard, Walter, Cora, Virgie, Nora and Sallie. FRONT ROW: Herman and Hillery, Elias Owens Sr., Kate Hovious Owens, Elias Owens Jr.

      Kate Hovious Owens and three children, ca. 1918
      Herman, Walter, Kate and Elias Jr., around 1918




      Thanks to Leslie Shamus and Wanda Huss for contributing to this research, to Wanda Huss for the photo of Kate and Elias, and to Wyvonne Owens Bronson for all the remaining photos.

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