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Photographer: Laurens County Chamber of Commerce
Taken: February 23, 2010
Caption: Historical Marker Dedication
Additional Description: Dr. Rembert Owings, 102, assists Sarah Jane Armstrong and Dianne Culbertson of the Gray Court-Owings Historical Society at the unveiling of a historical marker at the Francis Rapley Owings home in the Owings Community on February 23. The marker tells the story of the Owings family and their arrival in Maryland from Wales and their eventual settlement in the area with now bears their name. Dr. Owings is the grandson of Francis Rapley Owings (1840-1920), the man for whom the community is named. The marker stands in front of the Owings home on Old Laurens Road where Francis Owings lived from the Civil War until his death.
Submitted: May 6, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p107472
File Size: 0.146 Megabytes

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