Died: after 1859, last known residence was in Greenville County, South Carolina in 1860
Sources:
Rutherford County Marriage Bonds, page 245; Groom, Ownby, Ephriem; Bride, Sary Hunter; Date of Bonds, 10 Feb. 1825; Bondsman & Witness, John Hunter, (w) Amos Green. — North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
1830 US Census, North Carolina,Rutherford County; Name, Ephraim Ownsby;
Free white males
20–30, 1
Free white females
20–30, 1
1840 US Census, North Carolina,Rutherford County, book no. 3, 16th sheet, Line 5; Name, Ephraim Ownby;
Free white males
Under 5, 2
30–40, 1
Free white females
5–10, 2
20–30, 1
"OWENBY, RACHEL Vs OWENBY, EPHRAIM 1858 Married Oct 1846.
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She married Ephriam and moved with him to Rutherford Co NC where they lived until March of the next year.
He “became addicted to the habit of intemperance which he kept up almost constantly…with him keeping often the worst of disespoted? drinking men”
He squandered all of their money and lost the home.
She returned to her father’s home.
She lived with her parents for 2 years and then was able to purchase a tract of land and build “a humble cottage” upon it.
In Dec. 1856 Ephraim came to her home, saying he ashamed of his conduct and and asked her to take him and three starving little children from a former wife in.
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He returned to he old ways and in September he left with his family and soon after sold the whole crop to a stranger.
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— http://ncgenweb.us/henderson/records/divorce-records-pre-1900/,
"Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina."
— https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1136434
1850 US Census, North Carolina, McDowell County, Family number 327, Line 39; Name, Ephraim Ownsby; Age 47; Male; Occupation, Farmer; Birthplace, North Carolina.
1860 US Census, South Carolina, Greenville County, Glassy Mountain, Highland Grove Post Office,
Dwelling 152, Family number 134, Line 19; Name, Ephraim Owensby; Age 56; Male; Occupation, Farmer;
Personal Estate, $80.; Birthplace, North Carolina.