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