Jane Elizabeth Owens ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: MYGD-2G3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in , Rowan, NC. ⁶ The 1850 census recorded in School District 18: Joseph Owens, farmer, 46, living with wife Mary J. 43; Jane E., 16; Joseph F., 14; William R., 10; Henry C., 8; James A., 2; and Mary A. R., 0 months old when the census was recorded on 4 Sep 1850. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Joseph's real estate was valued at $1500.

2. Newspaper: Republican Banner: Marriage of Phillip Beeker and Jane E. Owens, 13 Nov 1855, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ² Marriages.
In this County, on the 8th inst., by Obadiah Woodson, Esq., Mr. PHILLIP BEEKER, of Davie County, and Miss JANE E. OWENS, daughter of the late Joseph Owens, Esq., of this County.

3. Census in 1860 in Rowan Mills, Rowan, NC. ⁷ The 1860 census recorded P. S. Beeker, farmer, 30, living with wife Jane E., 27. Both were born in North Carolina. His real estate was valued at $1519 and personal estate $661. Their child Joseph is not listed with them, but does appear on the following census page where...

Katharine Rary, 50, is living with Joseph Beeker, 3; J. F. Owens, 24; and Barbara H. Beeker, 22. All were born in North Carolina. [This listing spans 2 census pages.]

An explanation for this unusual household is that Joseph Beeker is the son of J. F. Owens' sister, Jane E. Owens who married Philip Beeker and sired a child Joseph of the same age. The presence of a Barbara Beeker in the household suggests she is the brother of Philip Beeker, since they are about the same age. This would make Barbara's father the elder Philip Beeker Sr.

Katharine Rary may be the sister of Jane's father, Joseph Owens Sr., or mother Mary J., or a Beeker who married a Rary.

Katharine Rary had no real estate value, meaning she didn't own the land, so she was likely living on the land owned by a neighbor who is a relative. The previous listed neighbor is William Gardner, 38, and his wife Angeline, or, the next listed neighbor, M. Cowan, 51, and his wife Rebecca, 49. It's also possible Katharine's land adjoined P. S. Beeker's land, even though the census taker visited households in another order.

The census location was "county north of the N.C. rail road" and the post office was Rowan Mills.
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4. Census in 1870 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ⁸ The 1870 census recorded in Mount Ulla Township: Joseph O. Beeker, at school, 11, and John Henry Beeker, at home, 8, living in the household of Joseph L. Wilson, farmer, 30; wife Jane E. Wilson, 33; daughter Mattie J., 4; and son William W., 2. Also in the home is a black farm laborer Madison Pritchett, 18. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Joseph's real estate was valued at $800 and personal estate $409. The post office was Salisbury. [Note: in online census the Beekers are indexed Becker].

5. Census in 1880 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ⁹ The 1880 census recorded Jos. L. Wilson [indexed in census as Jas. L. Wilson], farmer, 43, living with wife Jane, 46; daughter Matta, 13; son Willie, farm laborer, 11; son Burton, 8; and daughter Emma, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

Jane married Philip Sparks Beeker, son of Philip Beeker and Catharine Snider, on 8 Nov 1855 in , Rowan, NC.^{1 2} (Philip Sparks Beeker was born in 1830 in , Davidson, NC,¹⁰ died on 20 Nov 1862 in Front Royal, Warren, VA ¹⁰ and was buried in Front Royal: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Warren, VA ¹⁰.)

Jane next married Joseph L. Wilson on 6 Mar 1866 in , Rowan, NC.³ (Joseph L. Wilson was born about 1840 in , , NC.)