Notice of Illness and Obituaries for Col. Lewis Owen, Montgomery, ALabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/obits/lowen.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is include These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Rae V. Calvert ==================================================================== October 2002 The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Friday, 17 August 1894, carried the following notice: "Col. Lewis Owen Ill" The many friends of Col. Lewis Owen in this city, and in the State, will regret to learn that he is critically ill at the residence of his son, Dr. P. H. Owen. Colonel Owen is probably our oldest citizen and will be 91 on his next birthday. He has been a resident of Montgomery for more than sixty years and it is very interesting to hear him tell of the old times." The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Saturday, 18 August 1894, carried the following obituary: "COL. LEWIS OWEN DEAD Montgomery's Oldest Citizen Passes the 90th Mile-Post and Lies Down in Peace At 12 o'clock last night, Col. Lewis Owen breathed his last at the residence of his son, Dr. P. H. Owen, on Whitman Street. He was in the 91st year of his age, having been born October 4th, 1803. He has resided in Montgomery sixty-four years, having settled here in 1830. Col. Owen was a remarkable man. A native of Maine, he settled in Montgomery in his early manhood and ever afterwards was a resident of this city. He engaged in the jewelry business in which he remained until he retired from business in 1856, after amassing a comfortable competence. He was happily married to Miss Harrison, of Lowndes County. She was one of the loveliest of women and preceded him to the spirit land about one year. When the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad was projected, Colonel Owen became deeply interested in it. During the war he had quite a large force at work on it. The work occupied his entire time and attention. It was his good fortune to see it completed under his management, but his investments in it proved unfortunate and caused the loss of a good share of his property. Although he reached so great an age, he never for one moment lost his mind. In conversation he was as bright and cheerful to the last, as when in the prime of life. It was a great pleasure to hear him tell of early days in Montgomery and of the many prominent men and women whom he knew in the days that are past and gone. He was a man of positive character, earnest convictions. Devoted to duty as he saw it, he never shirked responsibility in meeting it. In all this community there is not one who did not have the tenderest feeling for him. He was our oldest and most honored citizen and all delighted to show how he was respected and esteemed. Very few men were superior to him in vigor of intellect and none in rectitude of character and upright walk and conduct. For many years he has been an humble but earnest member of the Methodist Church. He leaves two sons, Dr. P. H. Owen and Mr. L. J. P. Owen, and to them and their children, the friends and neighbors offer sincerest sympathies. The funeral will take place tomorrow at an hour to be hereafter announced." The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Sunday, August 19, 1894, carried the following notice: "Funeral Notice The friends and acquaintances of the late Col. Lewis Owen, Dr. P. H. Owen, and L. J. P. Owen are invited to attend the funeral services of the former from the Court Street M. E. Church at 10 o'clock this morning."