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Emma Carter Owens

Description: Emma Carter Owens standing beside her home in her wedding dress
Date: unknown

First Group of Men Drafted from Weatherford

Description: First group of men drafted from Weatherford in group picture on September 16, 1918. Men are identified on picture insert. This group of men trained at Camp Bowie. James C. Owens is among this group.
Date: unknown

Fort Parker

Description: Portion of the interior of the fort is shown. Old Fort Parker is a reconstructed fort that pays tribute to the Parker family and other pioneers who paid a high price to settle in Texas. The Parkers and other members of their church came to Texas from Crawford County, Illinois in 1833. In 1832, Daniel Parker, a staunch theologian, had gained permission to settle in Texas. After organizing those who wanted to go to Texas into the Predestinarian Baptist Church, they all left Illinois in July of 1… more
Date: unknown

Fort Parker Stela

Description: Granite stela with description and significance of Fort Parker inscribed on the stone, situated outside of the Forts walls.
Date: unknown
Creator: Vandagriff, Jon

James Allison Owens

Description: Portrait of James Allison Owens, father of James Powell Owens. He was born in Riceville, Tenn. on Nov. 26, 1866. He was the grandfather of James Couts Owens. He moved to Weatherford in May of 1894. He is buried in Weatherford Cemetery.
Date: unknown

James Allison Owens Family

Description: James Allison Owens, his wife Elizabeth Ann Buckner Owens and their family and many relatives. Members are listed on isert. The picture was made at the Owens farm near Riceville, Tenn.
Date: unknown

James Powell Owens

Description: Portrait of James Powell Owens wearing the uniform of the Texas Frontier Guard about 1887-1888.
Date: unknown

James Powell Owens

Description: Portrait of James Powell Owens, father of J.C. Owens. He devised a system of encoding checks to send them to proper banks. He also set up codes that are still in use today.
Date: unknown

D. LaFayette Buckner

Description: Portrait of D. LaFayette Buckner. He was the brother of Elizabeth Ann Buckner Owens. He was the father of Dr. Ed Buckner
Date: unknown

Monument Marking the Site of Isaac Parker's Home

Description: Isaac Parker (April 7, 1793 – April 14, 1883) is the son of John and Sarah Parker. He served under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Wars. He served in Captain Elisha Clapp's Company in 1836 and in 1841 participated in the Village Creek fight with the Indians in Tarrant County. He helped bury John B. Denton, who was killed in the fight. Isaac was a member of the Texas House from 1838-1841. He introduced the legislation creating Parker County. Senator Jefferson Weatherford introduced the bill in… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Vandagriff, Jon

Monument of a Parker Family Member

Description: Monument, at Turner Cemetery, marking the grave of one of the members of the Parker family . The cemetery is located at the NE edge of Lake Weatherford.
Date: unknown
Creator: Vandagriff, Jon

Monuments at Turner Cemetery

Description: Approximately 12 monuments marking graves in Turner Cemetery, located near Lake Weatherford.
Date: unknown
Creator: Vandagriff, Jon

Plowing on Frank Brawley Farm

Description: Two unidentified plowmen in the field at Frank Brawley's farm in Robert's community, about 12 miles north of Weatherford;it is in Parker County as is Weatherford.
Date: unknown

Quanah Parker

Description: Portrait of Quanah Parker, last chief of the Comanches
Date: unknown

Roach Owens and James C. Owens

Description: Roach Owens, born Jan. 29, 1889 and James C. Owens, born May 29, 1894. The picture was taken in Colorado in 1895. Roach Owens as a child. James Owens as a baby
Date: unknown
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