Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories
Olive Owen
| Pioneer | Owen, Olive (Packard) |
| Date/Place of Birth | 8/7/1842, [place not given] |
| Date of Death | 1/1929 |
| Father | Cyrus Packard |
| Mother | Sarah Barrows |
| Marriage | William Owen, 10/3/1858 |
| Came to Kansas From | Maine |
| Life in Kansas | Shawnee County, 1857 |
| Author (other than pioneer) | None listed |
| Author's relationship to pioneer | Self |
| Contributor | The Author |
| Subjects Mentioned | Maine, Quindaro, Boiling Sorghum Molasses, Prairie Fire, Free State Settlers, Underground Railroad Station for John Brown, Begging Indians near Rochester, Taught at age 15 to Help Family, "Black Ann" Shattio/Chouteau, Prairie Fires, Teacher, Jesse Stone, General Sherman in Shawnee Co. 1857 to Supervise Building on Farm Owned by Thomas Ewing, Topeka had 30 Houses in 1857 |
| KSHS Location | Manuscript Coll. 163 |
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