Dates

• Existence: 1800 - 1847

Biographical History

Samuel C. Owens (1800-1847) was a Circuit Court Clerk who took part in politics in early Missouri history.

Samuel C. Owens was born on October 6, 1800 in Green County, Kentucky to parents Nathaniel Owens and Nancy Graham. He moved to Franklin County, Missouri in 1818 where he was Circuit Court Clerk and later relocated to Jackson County, Missouri in 1826 where he again became a Circuit Clerk and treasurer. Owens was a part of the committee that ordered the Latter-day Saints to leave Jackson County with a petition in 1833. He was also known as a Santa Fe trader and in 1838, Owens was one of fourteen of the founders of Town of Kansas.

Samuel C. Owens died on February 28, 1847 in Chihuahua, Mexico at the Battle of Sacramento during the Mexican War.

Citation:

Samuel C. Owens subpoena, Jan. 22, 2018 (Samuel C. Owens; Circuit Court Clerk in Jackson CTY, MO in 1826; committee for petition to expulse Latter-day Saints in 1833; Santa Fe trader; Mexican War, Battle of Sacramento)

Find A Grave, via WWW, January 8, 2019 (Samuel Combs Owens; born October 6, 1800 in Green County, Kentucky; died February 28, 1847 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico; merchant and Santa Fe trader; son of Nathaniel Owens and Nancy Graham; married Frances Maria Young on January 28, 1825 in Fayette County, Kentucky; he immigrated in 1818 to Franklin County, Missouri, where he became the Clerk of Circuit Court and a member of the legislature; he immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1826, before it was organized, and became the first treasurer and the second Circuit Clerk in 1827 and 1828; Owens was one of the 14 original founders of the Town of Kansas on November 14, 1838 which later became Kansas City, Missouri; Colonel Owens was killed at the Battle of Sacramento near Chihuahua, Mexico during General Alexander Doniphan's campaign of the Mexican War and was buried there)

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