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WILLIAM R. OWENS, Esq., farmer and magistrate of Oak Level Precinct, Marshall County, is a son of Nelson and Mary (McCain) Owens, and grandson of William Owens, who settled in Marshall County in 1819. His father, Nelson Owens, was born in Tennessee, principally reared in Marshall County, where he married Mary McCain. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth McCain, which family came early from middle Tennessee to this county. Nelson and Mary Owens had eight children: Winfrey, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased wife of M. G. Reed; Benjamin, deceased; William R., Frances A. (Holmes) deceased; Charles W., and Isaac, both of whom died in childhood, and Nelson Owens, now of Graves County. William R. Owens served as lieutenant in Company G, Third Kentucky Regiment, under Capt. Edwards, enlisting in 1861 and serving until the close of the war. He participated in many of the leading engagements, sharing the fortunes of his regiment throughout. In 1865, he married Elizabeth C. Reed, daughter of David and Susanna Reed, she being the only surviving member of a large family, early settlers in this county. Mr. Owens was elected magistrate of his district in 1878, and again in 1882, and now officiates in that capacity. His children are Mary S., Charles W., Ida B., Frances A., and Robert E. Lee.