Born: July 21, 1829, Baltimore, Maryland.

Died: December 5, 1907, Baltimore, Maryland.

Owens was a school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, for almost half a century. She taught Sunday school at the Union Square Methodist Episcopal Church. Most of her hymns were written for her Sunday school students.

Hymns:

1. Give Me the Bible
2. Jesus Saves
3. We Have an Anchor