J B Owen

OWEN, HOLCOMB

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/30/2006 at 13:49:09

J B Owen, train dispatcher of Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Boone is a native of Suffield, Hartford county, Connecticut, and was born on June 26, 1832, and lived there until between seventeen and eighteen years of age, he was raised a farmer, in 1856 he came to Chicago and entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad and since that time has been connected with railroads, he came to this county in 1874 and accepted his present position and is a thorough and efficient official, he was married in January 1859, to miss Emma Holcomb, a native of Hartford county, Connecticut, they have two sons, Charles H and Milton G

1880 Boone Co History Book