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Mary Smith Owens (September 29, 1808 – July 4, 1877 [1]) was an American woman who was future U.S. president Abraham Lincoln's fiancée for a short time, following the 1835 death of Ann Rutledge. To his surprise and mortification, she rejected his reluctant proposal.
According to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Owens was "described as a woman of considerable beauty, and is said to be the heroine of the neighborhood." [1]: 150 Mary Owens remarried to Abraham Jenkins, also a native of Wales. They moved to Ohio, living first in Youngstown then in Stark County. [1]: 167 She and Abraham had four children ...
Mary Owens is the name of the following women: Mary Owens (Abraham Lincoln fiancée) (1808–1877), engaged to Lincoln in the 1830s Mary Owens (soldier) (c. 1843–1881), a woman who fought in the American Civil War as a Union Army soldier
Mary Ann Aspinwall Owens (June 24, 1928 – November 21, 2005), of New York City, was an advocate of thematic collecting of postage stamps, such as collecting stamps showing birds, ships or famous art. She helped introduce thematic collecting into national and international philatelic exhibitions.
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