Owen Family Graves in Chepachet, RI

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Acotes Hill Cemetery in Chepachet, RI (Historical Cemetery #23)

OWEN Benjamin Owen was a descendant of Samuel & Priscilla (Belcher) Owen who emigrated from Wales to New England in 1685.	Benjamin Owen 1794 - 1869 His Wife Betsey Brown 1804 - 1855	1899 Benjamin T. Owen 1848 - 1919 Solomon A. Owen 1856 - 1922 Amey L. Dexter 1857 - 1921
1899 Benjamin T. Owen 1848 - 1919 Solomon A. Owen 1856 - 1922 Amey L. Dexter 1857 - 1921	Edward J. Moore 1874 - 1936 His Wife Nellie Owen 1878 - 1946 Their Daughter Dorothy E. Moore 1910 - 1933	Their Children  [children of Benjamin and Betsey (Brown) Owen] John B. F. 1835 - 1836 Alfred H. 1838 - 1839 Infant Son 1844 - 1844 Susan E. 1842 - 1862
Lawton Owen 1789 - 1871 Marcy Owen His Wife 1792 - 1833 Their Children Mary B. Owen 1816 - 1819 Sabin Owen 1828 - 1843 James M. Owen 1819 - 1890	Lawton Owen 1789 - 1871 Marcy Owen His Wife 1792 - 1833 Their Children Mary B. Owen 1816 - 1819 Sabin Owen 1828 - 1843 James M. Owen 1819 - 1890	Charles H. Rose 1850 - 1896 Ellen J. Rose His Wife 1849 - 1929 Their Infant Daughter Born & Died 1874
Sabin A. Owen 1847 - 1897 Flora M. Owen His Wife 1855 - 1917 Walter B. Owen 1876 - 1931 Helen M. Goddard His Wife 1884 - 1917 Nellie Crandall His Wife 1886 - 1959	Job Owen 1821 - 1905 Cordelia S. Owen His Wife 1829 - 1893 Their Son Walter B. Owen 1859 - 1872 William W. Owen 1859 - 1953	James M. Owen Born March 5, 1819. Died July 24, 1890. Weep Not, He Is At Rest B. T. Owen [The same James M. Owen mentioned on the monument]
	FISH Frederick Thomas Aug. 9, 1895 - Aug. 21, 1993 Helen Owen Moore July 4, 1898 - Nov. 21, 1993 [Helen Owen Moore was the daughter of Edward and Nellie (Owen) Moore.]

NOTES from the photographer Margaret E. Potter: These are not all of the Owen family photos in Hist. Cem. #23--I'm sure there are others.  These are just all that I found in the short time that I had.

The initial photos are of an Owen family monument, which has inscriptions on 4 sides.  This monument says that "Benjamin Owen was a descendant of Samuel & Priscilla (Belcher) Owen who emigrated from Wales to New England in 1685."  This information was apparently based on a family genealogy prepared sometime in the 1850s which may be erroneous.

Benjamin T. Owen was a marble sculptor who, I believe, is the person who sculpted many, if not all, of the Owen monuments/gravestones in Acotes Hill Cemetery.  He is definitely the person who contributed the funds for the Owen Soldiers Monument that stands in North Scituate, RI.  Information about that monument, commemorating Scituate men who died in the Civil War, and about Benjamin, is already on the Rootsweb RI website.

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