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**** In 1909, one of the first Boy Scout troops in the U.S. was organized in that Pawhuska, which is the county seat of Osage. The namesake for Tinker AFB, Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, was also from Pawhuska, the highest ranking Native-American officer (as a member of the Osage Nation), and the first to reach that rank.
*** Thomas Benton Owen '''1889-1910+''' (b. 1887 Neodesha, KS - d. 1963 Gardena, L.A., CA). By 1916, he was a teamster or truckman for A.L. Eagler in Los Angeles, CA, +1920+ a deliveryman, and +1930-1950+ a USPS mail carrier. By 1940, he resided in Glendale. Thomas may have never married.
*** Jessie Owen Johnson '''1890-1909+''' (b. 1889)
*** Ethel L. "Effie" Owen Deamer '''1894-1912+''' (b. 1893). Husband: V.R. Deamer @ Portland, OR
*** Minnie B. Owen Rogers '''1896-1913''' (b. 1896). Husband: Frank D. Rogers @ Escondido, CA.
** Mary Anna Owen Pence-Clark (b. 1855 N.C. - d. 1937 Glendale, CA). 2nd husband (1884 @ Wilson, KS): Benjamin Winfield Clark (b. 1861 Pittsburgh, [[Pennsylvania|PA]], raised +1870+ Canton, OH, d. 1940 Los Angeles, CA), son of William James Clark III '''+1889-1913+''' (b. 1838 Erie, PA - d. 1922 Neodesha, KS) & Sarah S. Winfield Clark '''+1889-1913+''' (b. 1840 PA - d. 1915 Los Angeles, CA). See [https://www.newspapers.com/image/421120147 Ben's obit]. Mary had two daughters by her first husband: Minnie Pence (b. 1877 IL - d. 1963 CO) & Leora Pence (b. 1878 KS - d. 1928 Rapid City, S.D. or d. 1920 Anderson, IN)
** Sarah Frances Owen (b. 1857 Carthage, Moore, N.C. - d. 1865 Troy, Montgomery, N.C.)
** William Thomas Owen (b. 1861 Diffies, Montgomery, N.C. - d. 1887 Neodesha, KS). Wife (1883): Hattie Brigham Owen.
*** Obit: "Died: At his residence in this city, Tuesday morning, Nov. 1st, 1887, of Typhoid fever, William Thomas Owen, aged 26 years, 4 months and 28 days. Bro. Owen was born in Montgomery county, North Carolina, June 3, 1861. In 1861, his father's family moved to Christian county, Illinois, from which place, in 1872 they removed to Wilson county, Kansas, where he remained until his death. When fourteen years old (1875), he became a christian, was baptized and become a member of the Neodesha Baptist Church, of which he lived an exemplary member until his demise." See [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195868273 for the rest of the obit].