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Owen, Allen F

diplomat, congressman, was born in North Carolina. He moved to Georgia; and was elected a representative in congress from 1849 to 1851. He was subsequently appointed consul at Havana.

Owen, David Dale

geologist, author, was born June 24, 1807, in Scotland. He was state geologist of Indiana; and the author of Report of a Geological Survey of Kentucky; Geological Survey of Wisconsin; and Report of a Geological Reconnoissance. He died Nov. 13, 1860, in New Harmony, Ind.

Owen, Francis Browning

lawyer, poet, was born in October, 1830, in Macomb county, Mich. He attended the Branch university of Ann Arbor, Mich., and has attained success as a noted lawyer in Berrien Springs, Mich. He is the author of The Legend of Winona; Poems; Columbia, and Other Poems; Two Bells; Forty Sonnets; and other poetical works.

Owen, George W

congressman, was born in 1798 in Brunswick county, Va.

He was a speaker of the house of representatives in Alabama; and mayor of Mobile. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1823 to 1829, when he was appointed collector of the port of Mobile. He died Aug. 18, 1839, in Mobile, Ala.

Owen, James

planter, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1784 in Bladen county, N. C. He was a general of militia; and was four years a member of the legislature. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1817 to 1819. He died Sept. 4, 1865, in Wilmington, N. C.

Owen, John

planter, state legislator, governor, was born in August, 1787, in Bladen county, N. C. He was in the legislature in 1812-28; and was elected governor of North Carolina in the latter year. He died Oct. 12, 1841, in Pittsburg, N. C.

Owen, John

publisher, was born March 28, 1805, in Portland, Maine. He aided Mr. Longfellow in the preparation of his Poems of Places, especially in verifying authorship. He was also the friend and literary adviser of Charles Sumner, and induced him to publish his writings in a uniform edition. He died April 22, 1882, in Cambridge, Mass.

Owen, John Jason

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 13, 1803, in Colebrook, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman and educator of New York city; and the author of Commentary on the Gospels; Acts of the Apostles in Greek, with Lexicon; and text-book editions of Xenophon, Thucydides, and Homer. He died April 18, 1869, in New York city.

Owen, Joshua Thomas

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, journalist, was born March 29, 1821, in Wales. He founded in 1871 the New York Daily Register, a law journal, which became the official organ of the New York courts in 1873, and he continued on its editorial staff until his death. He died Nov. 7, 1887, in Chestnut Hill, Pa.

Owen, Moses

poet, was born in 1838, in Bath, Maine. He was the author of a volume of poems entitled Plymouth Church, and Other Poems. He died in November, 1878, in Augusta, Maine.

Owen, Richard

geologist, author, was born Jan. 6, 1810, in Scotland. He was a geologist of New Harmony, Ind.

He succeeded his brother David as state geologist in 1860, and was author of a Key to the Geology of the Globe. He died in 1890.

Owen, Robert

social reformer, philanthropist, was born May 14, 1771, in North Wales. He endeavored to embody his social reform principles in a community three times, the last at New Harmony, Ind., but they were all unsuccessful. His followers bore the name of Owenites, from which sprang the English Chartists. He died Nov. 19, 1858, in North Wales.