Henry Owen

OWEN, BLASS, JENKINS, KARK, WEMPLE, BROWN, BIGELOW, HUBBARD

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 5/30/2002 at 21:43:54

Henry Owen came to Butler county with his father, Jesse Owen, in 1854. He was born in Broome county, New York, in 1835. He married Catherine Blass, whose father, John Blass, settled in Linn county about 1852. He removed to Waterloo and settled in Beaver township, Butler county, in 1859, where he resided till his death.
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Mr. and Mrs. Owen have four sons and one daughter - Charles M., Chauncey D., William H., Andrew J. and Lany B. They lost a son and daughter, twins - John J. and Julia - who died when seven years of age.
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Mr. Owen has one hundred and twenty acres of land, eighty acres of which were entered by his father. The remainder he bought of Henry Jenkins, who entered it as government land. Jesse Owen, father of Henry, now lives in Parkersburg. He settled on section eight, in the summer of 1854.
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He was born in Ontario county, New York, in 1806. When thirteen years old his parents removed to Broome county. He was married in the State of New York in 1834, removed to Michigan and thence to Indiana, coming to Butler county in 1854. His wife, Lany Kark, was born in the State of New York in 1808.
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Their children are Henry; John D., who married Lielia S. Wemple; Chauncey F., who married Amanda Brown; Avoline E., married Edward P. Bigelow, who was drowned in the Beaver river, at Parkersburg. She has since married Wm. Hubbard. They lost their second child - Israel.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 419