Barber County Kansas |
Photo of interior of Owens General Store in Belvidere, Kiowa
County, Kansas.
Rev. Charles W. Owens sitting in rocking chair, Mollie Owens
sitting next to him. Other people in photo unidentified.
Photo courtesy of
Kim Fowles.
Baptism by Rev. Charles Wesley Owens, 23 January 1916, Sun
City, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo from the Kim Fowles Collection.
"These members united with the church during a revival held by Rev. Sloan of ____ in __________. He advised the members to ___ a church. This advice was acted upon with results that the church was built and paid for through the efforts of the above named members. Rev. C.W. Owens now took charge of the pastorate preaching once a month for whatever they were pleased_____. In ____ he removed to Belvidere leaving the church without a pastor."
-- Minutes of the Sun City Baptist Church.
"Oliver W. Owens was the son of Molie Rathbone Owens (2nd wife to Rev. C.W. Owens). It is interesting to note that although Oliver W. Owens went by Owens, we don't believe he was the son of C.W. Owens. He was born in West Virginia AFTER C.W. Owens & daughters came west. Later, Molie Rathbone came West and married C.W. Owens. The Rathbones & Owens were both from Wirt County, West Virginia." -- Kim Fowles
Lyle Bullock with
his grandparents, Rev. C.W. Owens & Molie Owens.
Photo probably taken
after training at Camp Funston just before he went overseas.
Photo
courtesy of Kim Fowles.
Rev. C.W. Owens with his great grandson, R.H.
'Bill' Hoagland.
Photo courtesy of Ronnie Hoagland & Kim
(Hoagland) Fowles.
Hattie Lee Owens, photo taken in West Virginia.
She was
the daughter of Rev. C.W. Owens. She married Frank
Walker Hoagland.
Photograph from the collection of Kim (Hoagland)
Fowles.
Also see:
Dora Eloise (Owens) Holmes, daughter of Rev. & Mrs. C.W. Owens.
Raymond Harold 'Bill' Hoagland, great grandson of C.W. Owens.
Clifford Raymond 'Cliff' Hoagland, grandson of C.W. Owens.
Hattie (Owens) Hoagland, daughter of C.W. Owens.
Thanks to Kim Fowles for contributing the above information & images to this web site!