Owen, H. C. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 876, Putman Township
H. C. Owen was born in Orange Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, '25, and is the son of John and Caroline (Horten) Owen. Mr. O. came into Adams Co., Ill., in 1837, and to this county in 1849. He learned the cooper's trade with his father and for many years worked at it, but during the past 11 years he has been engaged in farming. Mr. O. took part in the Mormon war of 1846. On Christmas of 1852 he received as a present the hand of Miss Margaret Duryea in marriage. Jenette, Charles, Juline and Abraham are the names of their children. Mr. O. is a member of the M. E. Church. P. O., Cuba.
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