James Cleveland (“J.C.”/“Jesse”) Owens (1913-1980) was born near Oakville, Alabama (southwest of Huntsville) on September 12, 1913. J.C. was only nine years old when Henry and Emma Owens moved the family to Cleveland, Ohio to seek a better life.
she [Fannie Markbreit Kautz] lived with her son’s family in Washington D.C. and died at the home of one of her daughters in New Jersey on August 11, 1913, at the age of 65.