Owen, Robert Dale
state legislator, congressman, author, was born Nov. 9, 1800, in Scotland. In 1835 he was chosen to the Indiana legislature, and twice re-elected. In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress from Indiana, and re-elected in 1845. In 1853 he was appointed minister to Naples. He was active in political life, and was an ardent advocate of spiritualism. He was the author of Outlines of the System of Education at New Lanark; Moral Physiology; Popular Traits: Pocahontas, a drama; Hints on Public Architecture; The Wrong of Slavery and the Right of Freedom; Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World; Beyond the Breakers, a novel; Threading my Way; and Debatable Land between this World and the Next. He died June 17, 1877, on Lake George, N. Y.