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Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Male 1913 - 1980  (66 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jesse Owens was born on 12 Sep 1913 in Danville, Morgan, Alabama, USA (son of Henry Cleveland Owens and Emma Alexander); died on 31 Mar 1980 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA; was buried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.

    Jesse married Minnie Ruth Solomon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry Cleveland Owens was born on 7 June 1881 in Oakville, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States of America (son of Owens and Adelaide Billups); died in 1942 in Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America.

    Henry married Emma Alexander. Emma was born on 2 Nov 1876 in Oakville, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States of America; died on 6 Mar 1940 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emma Alexander was born on 2 Nov 1876 in Oakville, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States of America; died on 6 Mar 1940 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America.
    Children:
    1. 1. Jesse Owens was born on 12 Sep 1913 in Danville, Morgan, Alabama, USA; died on 31 Mar 1980 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA; was buried in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Owens

    married Adelaide Billups. Adelaide (daughter of James W. Billups and Martha Ann Brantley) was born in 1 Aug1861 in Alabama; died on 12 Apr 1929 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Adelaide Billups was born in 1 Aug1861 in Alabama (daughter of James W. Billups and Martha Ann Brantley); died on 12 Apr 1929 in Alabama.
    Children:
    1. 2. Henry Cleveland Owens was born on 7 June 1881 in Oakville, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States of America; died in 1942 in Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James W. Billups was born about 1834 in Alabama; died in Mar 1870 in Township 18, Sumter, Alabama.

    James married Martha Ann Brantley on 8 Apr 1856 in Sumter County, Alabama, USA. Martha (daughter of James Brantley and Elizabeth Kirven) was born in 1831 in Alabama; died in 1910 in Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Martha Ann Brantley was born in 1831 in Alabama (daughter of James Brantley and Elizabeth Kirven); died in 1910 in Mississippi, United States.
    Children:
    1. 5. Adelaide Billups was born in 1 Aug1861 in Alabama; died on 12 Apr 1929 in Alabama.