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Groves, Ruby Virginia

Female 1890 - 1983  (92 years)


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  • Name Groves, Ruby Virginia 
    Birth 11 Jan 1890 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number I75888 
    Death 1983 
    Person ID I75888  Caswell County
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Father Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F50314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Owen, Colonel Jasper,   b. 25 Feb 1886, Sutherlin, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1956, Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    +3. Owen, Dorothy Lee,   b. 15 Apr 1920, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 2013 (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Owen, Colonel Jasper Jr.,   b. 30 Nov 1921, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1967, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F50307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    Owen House (Semora, Caswell County, NC)
    Owen House (Semora, Caswell County, NC)

  • Notes 
    • There are still a few remnants of Semora-past. One is the home of Michael and Janice Owen Wall on Highway 119. The house was built in 1897, purchased in 1932 by Colonel Jasper Owen, Sr., and his wife, Ruby, having now been passed down through three generations.

      Colonel Owen and his wife built a Tea Room and Boarding House on the nearby corner lot, later a store, torn down in the 1970s. The building would have been an impressively sized structure in Dutch style. While the Boarding House no longer exists, Michael and Janice are fortunate to have the original architectural drawings.

      Janice reminisces, "I can remember my granny telling the story of boarding the men that first paved the road from Milton to Semora."

      Source: Daniel-Upchurch, Angela. "Semora is a Neighborhood Crossroads" in Discover Caswell, Edition Two (2021) [Published by The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville, NC)]