John P. Ownby
1870 - 1957 (87 years)
Generation: 1
1. John P. Ownby was born on 13 Jan 1870 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 4 Mar 1957 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried on 6 Mar 1957 in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1900, Union, Monroe County, Missouri
- Census: 1930, Union, Monroe County, Missouri
Notes:
Madison.
John P. Ownby purchased Emmett S. Enley's modern house here Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Ownby will move into town from their home south of Madison.
Moberly Monitor-Index (newspaper), Moberly, Missouri, 25 Nov 1939.
John P. Ownby hurt in fall at Madison.
Madison - John P. Ownby, 87-year-old Madison man, fell Monday afternoon on the concrete floor of his garage and cut a gash over his eye that required three stitches to close. Mr. Ownsby's face and hand were also bruised and skinned.
He was treated at his home by a local physician and the taken to McCornick Hospital where he remains a patient.
Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri, 28 Feb 1957.
Funeral Wednesday for John P. Ownby.a
Madison - Funeral services for John. P. Ownby, who died yesterday morning in McCornick Hospital, Moberly, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Christian Church here by the pastor, the Rev. C. W. Cornn. Burial will be in Sunset Hill cemetery.
Moberly Monitor-Index (newspaper), Moberly, Missouri. 5 March 1957.
Died:
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1957/1957_00005850.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68275833/john-powell-ownby
Southeast portionJohn married Odelia Gritton on 20 Apr 1892 in Paris, Monroe County, Missouri. Odelia (daughter of Merritt Gritton and Sallie Ann Riley) was born on 20 Jan 1870 in Monroe County, Missouri; died on 15 Feb 1941 in Madison, Monroe County, Missouri; was buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Monroe County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]