Owens, Hugh 1833 - 1907

OWENS, CULL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/13/2019 at 14:29:54

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Apr. 29, 1907, FP, C5

Hugh Owens passed away on Sunday evening after a long illness, having been confined to his bed for about fifteen months. The funeral was held this morning from the Church of the Assumption. For the past two years or more he has made his home with his son Wm., north of town. The deceased was one of the county’s oldest residents and most respected citizens, and we hope to be able to give a suitable obituary in a future issue of the PLAIN DEALER.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer May 24, 1907, LP, C4

Obituary.
After an illness of fifteen months, during which time he was confined to his bed, Hugh Owens, an old and much respected resident of Howard County, passed away on April 27, 1907, at the home of his son Will, one and one-half miles north of Cresco.
Hugh Owens was born June 9, 1833, in Dramore, ten miles from the city of Belfast in the County Down, Ireland. In 1855, he emigrated to America and after living in Rock County, Wisconsin, for one year he moved to Fayette County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming, from where he moved to Chickasaw County and opened up a farm.
When the railroad was extended to Conover, he built a hotel there and run it until the road was further extended through to Cresco, when he came here and built another hotel and continued in business until 1871, when he sold out and purchased a farm one and one-half miles northwest from Cresco where he lived till 1900 when he retired to Cresco and remained there until two years ago, after which time he made his home with his son Will, where he remained until he dies.
In 1863, he was united in marriage with Sarah Cull in Chickasaw, and eight children blessed this union of whom five are still living and were present at his funeral. He also leaves three grandchildren and two brothers, John Owens, of West Union, and William Owens, of Maple Leaf.
Mr. Owens was of a cheerful disposition and always met his friends with a pleasant word or joke, was honest and upright in all his dealings and a life-long member of the Catholic church; was patient during his long, hard suffering and anxiously awaited the time when God saw fit to grant him his release.
He was among the pioneers who opened up the wild prairie and fearlessly braved the long, cold winters and frequently hauled wheat from his farm to McGregor.
The funeral services were held at the Church of the Assumption by Father McCarty, and he was laid to rest beside his wife who preceeded him in death seven years, and by the three children who had proceeded him.
Those who were present at the funeral from a distance: B. Cull and Miss Kittie Tierney, from New Hampton; Mrs. John Owens, of West Union, and Ambrose Owens and wife from Lawler.

Calvary Cresco Cemetery
 

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