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Title
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Samuel Owens
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Description
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Bio of Samuel Owens (1800-1847), a native of Kentucky coming to Jackson County, Missouri, before 1827 and becoming the first Jackson County treasurer. In Independence a leading Santa Fe trader with a general store there. Killed in the Mexican War in 1847 in California.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Unmarked Grave in Chihuahua Is Burial Place of a First Citizen of Independence
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Description
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Article about Colonel Samuel C. Owens, supposedly "the first citizen of Independence; started the first store there, promoted Santa Fe trade, and eventually died in a battle" of the Mexican War in 1846. Description of the search in California and Mexico for his grave, discovered as being in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Date
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1947-11-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
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Description
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Brief, humorous piece relating several details of research by the Missouri State Archives and Jackson County, Missouri, officials in 2005, in which court records were discovered pertaining to the 1833 destruction of the Independence offices of the Evening and Morning Star, a Mormon newspaper. The author points out that Samuel Owens and Benjamin Majors are named among the codefendents in the case, the former being the proprietor of Owen's Landing east of Independence, and the latter being the father of Alexander Majors, partner in the Russell, Majors and Waddell freighting firm.
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Date
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2006-02-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
