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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1886 - 1956 (70 years)
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| Name |
Owen, Colonel Jasper |
| Born |
25 Feb 1886 |
Sutherlin, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Shack |
| Reference Number |
I81846 |
| Died |
15 Aug 1956 |
Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I81846 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2022 |
| Family |
Groves, Ruby Virginia, b. 11 Jan 1890, d. 1983 (Age 92 years) |
| Children |
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| + | 3. Owen, Dorothy Lee, b. 15 Apr 1920, Danville, Virginia , d. 3 Jan 2013 (Age 92 years) [natural] |
| + | 4. Owen, Colonel Jasper Jr., b. 30 Nov 1921, Danville, Virginia , d. 25 Aug 1967, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 45 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
14 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F50307 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
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Shack Owen Store Burns in Semora: 1927. The Bee (Danville, Virginia) ยท 30 Dec 1927.
He spent a good part of his life in the mercantile business and was employed by Belk-Leggett Company for a number of years before the decline in health that led to his death. He was a member of the Semora Baptist Church.
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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)]
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