William Owen | |
Office: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1825 |
Birth Place: | Llanelltyd, Wales |
Death Place: | Caledonia, Wisconsin |
Children: | 10 |
Spouse: | Margaret Jones (1853-1894, his death) |
Term: | 1865 |
William Owen (September 10, 1825 – August 21, 1894)[1] [2] was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Owen was born on September 10, 1825, in Llanelltyd, Wales.[3] [4] His parents were John and Mary (Maesygarnedd) Owen. His family immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846.[3] He married Margaret Jones in 1853.[3] After residing in Portage, Wisconsin, he moved to Cambria, Wisconsin, in 1858 and became involved in the wheat and lumber industries.[3] He moved to Randolph, Wisconsin, in 1867 and began farming.[3] Owen and his family were Calvinistic Methodists. His brother, David, was also a member of the Assembly. He died on August 21, 1894, in Caledonia, Wisconsin.[3]
Owen was a member of the Assembly during the Legislature of 1865.[3] He was a Republican.[5]