William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{For|others of the same name|William Owen (disambiguation){{!}}William Owen}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Owen
| office = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| termstart =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1825|9|10}}
| birth_place = Llanelltyd, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1894|8|21|1825|9|10}}
| death_place = Caledonia, Wisconsin, US
| termend =
| children = 10
| image = File:William Owen.png
| spouse = Margaret Jones (m. 1853)
| term = 1865
}}
William Owen (September 10, 1825 – August 21, 1894){{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZskGAAAAYAAJ|title=The Cambrian|date=1894|publisher=T.J. Griffiths|isbn=|location=|pages=225–227|language=en}} was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Owen was born on September 10, 1825, in Llanelltyd, Wales.{{cite news|title=Death of a Pioneer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85240523/william-owen-1825-1894/ |newspaper=Portage Daily Democrat |date=August 21, 1894 |location=Portage, WI |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = September 13, 2021}} {{Open access}}{{cite book|editor=Consul Willshire Butterfield|year=1880|title=The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin|location=Chicago|publisher=Western Historical Company|page=1059}} His parents were John and Mary (Maesygarnedd) Owen. His family immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846. He married Margaret Jones in 1853. After residing in Portage, Wisconsin, he moved to Cambria, Wisconsin, in 1858 and became involved in the wheat and lumber industries. He moved to Randolph, Wisconsin, in 1867 and began farming. 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.
Assembly career
Owen was a member of the Assembly during the Legislature of 1865. He was a Republican.{{cite news|title=Portage Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85294630/william-owen-1825-1894/ |newspaper=The Oshkosh Northwestern |date=August 25, 1894 |location=Oshkosh, WI |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = September 14, 2021}} {{Open access}}
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Category:People from Merionethshire
Category:Welsh emigrants to the United States
Category:19th-century Methodists
Category:People from Portage, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Columbia County, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Farmers from Wisconsin
Category:People from Cambria, Wisconsin