Individual Details

Nancy Jane Owens

(Mar 1853 - Mar 1932)



Name given as "Nannie J". in the 1900 Census.

Hereford Reporter (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1901
Coming and Going (society column)
Luke Kee, the Chinaman incarcerated in the Claude jail charged with a heinious crime committed in this town some time ago, is to come up before Judge Wallace for trial at the term of court held at Claude next week, his case being called for Monday. The following witnesses have been subpoenaed from here: Mrs. Robert Humphrey, Mrs. M. P. Finnicum, Katie Holderness, Dr. E. W. Tinsley, Dr. R. M. Johnson, Jack Harwell, and Sheriff T. J. Inmon.

Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, NM, 10 Mar 1932, Thursday, p.1
Aged Pioneer of Clovis Succumbs
Mrs. Nancy Jane Humphrey, 77, pioneer resident of Clovis, died at 10:05 am today of a complication of ills from which she had suffered for an extended period. She has been seriously ill at her home at 317 Gidding since Sunday.
Johnson Bros. Mortuary was in charge of the body this afternoon. Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, with Rev. J. F. Nix, pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by Rev. E. S. Cook, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Humphrey, born in Sedalia, Missouri, in 1855, moved to Clovis in 1907 from Texas, where she lived since 1884. She was well known in the city.
She is survivied by four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Knight of Plainview, Texas; Mrs. Ina Finnicum, of Clifton, Colorado; Mrs. Jet Leach, Redwood City, California; Mrs. Eva Reagan of Clovis; two sons, John & Dee Humphrey of Clovis.

Events

BirthMar 1853Pettis County, Missouri
Marriage1870Robert Humphrey
DeathMar 1932Curry County, New Mexico

Families

SpouseRobert Humphrey (1846 - )
ChildIna Humphrey (1872 - 1948)
ChildElizabeth "Lizzie" Humphrey (1873 - )
ChildJet Humphrey (1875 - )
ChildJohn Humphrey (1878 - 1959)
ChildEva Humphrey (1880 - )
ChildTemple D. Humphrey (1881 - 1960)
ChildMagdalene Humphrey (1896 - )
FatherPleasant Owens (1826 - )
MotherElizabeth C [Owens] (1827 - )

Endnotes

1. Rootsweb or USGenWeb Online Sources or .

2. Holderness Research; LaDonna Wagoner, descendant of second family of Ina Humphry Holderness Finnicum. Email correspondence; research from cousins; recollections of her mother. June 2001., Email. 8 Jun 2001.

3. Rootsweb or USGenWeb Online Sources or .

4. Holderness Research; LaDonna Wagoner, descendant of second family of Ina Humphry Holderness Finnicum. Email correspondence; research from cousins; recollections of her mother. June 2001., Email. 8 Jun 2001. Obit. published 10 Mar 1932..