On This Day: May 24

1816: Houston T. Owens, my paternal 2nd great-grandfather was born, probably in Tennessee. He died 15 September 1895 and is buried in Hurricane Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. [Source: Kelly Christian Priestly, "Hurricane Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana," transcription, USGenWeb Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/claiborne/cemeteries/hurrican.txt : accessed 2 May 2011), Houston T. Owens.]

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