Porter A Owenby

1839 - 1923  (84 years)   Has 8 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Porter A Owenby
  Birth	28 Sep 1839	Buncombe Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DFA29F5628BD9449A804BA55DEA6BA5C8D71
  Death	25 Dec 1923	Macon Co, NC
  Burial	Briartown Cem, Macon Co, NC
  Person ID	I75349	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Permenter Owenby,   b. 1806/1807, NC d. 1870/1880, Macon Co, NC (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Jones,   b. 1806/1807, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 74 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1830	Buncombe Co, NC
  _UID	5FBE43CB4DDD0A4B9DCBEEC7E9EED69F13D2
  Family ID	F8193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Adaline Erwin,   b. Jul 1843, Union Co, GA d. 1900/1910, Macon Co, NC (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1865	Union Co, GA
  _UID	E579A57C715A1244AD20F4A8C60F04806210
  Children	1. Lorenzo Owenby,   b. 1865/1866, Union Co, GA d. Aft 1870, Union Co, GA (Age > 5 years)   2. Russell Alonzo Owenby,   b. Mar 1868, Union Co, GA d. Aft 1930, Macon Co, NC (Age > 63 years)   3. Adaline Naomi Owenby,   b. 1869/1870, Union Co, GA d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 11 years)   4. Alford F Owenby,   b. 1870/1871, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 10 years)   5. Martha M Owenby,   b. Sep 1874, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1920, Macon Co, NC (Age > 47 years)   6. Sarah L Owenby,   b. May 1876, Union Co, GA d. Aft 1910, Macon Co, NC (Age > 35 years)   7. John E Owenby,   b. 1877/1878, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 3 years)   8. Elizabeth Jane Owenby,   b. 14 Apr 1880, Macon Co, NC d. 9 May 1960, Macon Co, NC (Age 80 years)   9. Dora Owenby,   b. Sep 1883, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Macon Co, NC (Age > 18 years)   10. Thomas M Owenby,   b. Apr 1885, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1910, Macon Co, NC (Age > 26 years)
  Family ID	F4869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. However, they are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my in-law connections, so I have researched them to a small extent. My connection: (1) Myrtle Long Grant (RIN 27) my G-G-Aunt by marriage. (2) Gordon J. Long (RIN 26) my G-G-Uncle by marriage. (3) Laura J. Long Duvall (RIN 5656) my 1st cousin 3x removed, by marriage. (4) John Buford Long (RIN 11846) my 1st cousin 3x removed, by marriage.; !CENSUS:1850 Union Co., GA 85th District # 292/292 Perminter Owenby 47 Farmer $1000 NC Elanor 43 James 19 John M. 17 Humphrey 15 Caroline 13 Porter 11 George 9 GA Elenor 6 Perminter 3; !CENSUS:1860 Union Co., GA Blairsville PO # 705/705 P. M. Owenby 58 Farmer $0/0 NC Elonore 53 H. P. 25 Porter 20 George 18 GA Elvira 15 Leander 13 Lavada 8; !MARRIAGE:11 Jun 1865 Union Co., GA Foster A. Owenbey (sic) & Adaline Erwin by John Davis, JP; !CENSUS:1870 Union Co., GA Subdivision 126 # 845/845 Porter A. Owenby 30 Farmer $0/100 NC Adeline 25 GA Lorenzo 4 Alonzo 2 Neoma 1; !CENSUS:1880 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 110/111 P. A. Owenbey 40 Farmer NC-NC-NC Matilda A. 37 wife GA-NC-NC Loranza 13 son Russel E. 12 son Adaline N. 10 dau Alford F. 9 son NC-NC-NC Martha M. 7 dau Sarah E. 5 dau GA-NC-NC John E. 2 son NC-NC-NC Jane E. 2/12 Apr dau; !CENSUS:1900 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 18/20 Porter A. Owenbey head Sep 1839 60 M 35 NC-NC-NC Matilda A. wife Jul 1843 56 M 35 12-10 GA-NC-NC Martha M. dau Sep 1874 26 S NC-NC-GA Sarah L. dau May 1876 24 S Liza dau Apr 1880 19 Dora dau Sep 1883 16 Thomas son Apr 1885 15; !CENSUS:1910 Macon Co., NC Nantahala Briartown # 114/114 Porter E. Owenby head 70 wd NC-NC-NC Martha dau 36 S Sallie dau 33; !CENSUS:1920 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 93/95 Porter Owenby head 80 wd NC-NC-NC Martha dau 40 S;