BIO: Owen, Sr., Henry C. - Madison Co OWEN, CROOK, JONES, SLINKARD, LANDERS

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME
TO THE PRESENT; TOGET- HER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINI- SCENCES, NOTES,
ETC. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. CASS TWP. PAGE 410

HENRY C. OWEN, SR., Postmaster, and proprietor of the Owen House, Newberry, was born in
Madison County, Ky., October 15, 1814, a son of William and Sally (Crook) Owen, with whom
he came to Lawrence County, Ind., in 1819, where he was principally raised. In 1832, he
went to Henry County to learn carpentering, and two years later married Frances Jones. In
1836, he returned to Lawrence County, but in 1839 located in Scotland, Greene County,
where he remained ten years, then removed to Newberry, where, with the exception of five
years, he has since resided. His wife dying in March, 1866, he took for his second wife,
Mrs. Catharine E. (Slinkard) Landers, in February, 1867. By his first wife, he was the
father of ten children, all living but four. To his present marrriage three have been
born, but only one lives. Mrs. Owen is a daughter of Fredrick Slinkard, and the widow of
John Landers, who died at New Madrid during the rebellion. By her first husband she has
one living daughter. Mr. Owen is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church since 1838, and is a Republican in politics, formerly a Whig. He had been at
Scotland only two months, when he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving as such five
years. From 1840 to1848, he was Postmaster at Scotland, and for four years, beginning in
1848, he was County Assessor. In 1860, he was commissioned Postmaster at Newberry, but
resigned on his removal to Bloomfield to occupy the office of County Treasurer. He was
re-elected in 1868, served four years in all, and lived in Bloomfield almost five years to
the day. Since Janaury, 1874, he has been Postmaster at Newberry, where he is also
conducting one of the best country hotels in Indiana. He is an upright citizen, with many
warm and steadfast friends.

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