John
Owen
Born in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Owen
and Eleanor (Porterfield) Owen
Brother of
Mary (Owen) Stedman and James Owen
Husband of
Lucy Ann (Brown) Owen
— married
24 Jun 1813 in Ashwood, Bladen, North Carolina, United States
Father of
James Porterfield Owen, Charles Porterfield Owen, Elvia Bradley Owen, Eleanor Porterfield (Owen) Guion and Charles Porterfield Owen
Died
at age 54
in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 May 2015
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| Preceded by 23rd Governor James Iredell, Jr. |
John Owen 24th Governor of North Carolina  |
Succeeded by 25th Governor Montfort Stokes |
Biography
John Owen is Notable.
John was born in 1787 in Bladen County, North Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Owen and Eleanor Owen.
He attended the University of North Carolina in 1804 but didn't graduate. In 1812 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons, where he served two terms.
He married Lucy Ann Brown on June 24, 1813. They had five children together. According to the family Bible, their second and third sons were named identically, Charles Porterfield Owen. The first Charles died at six. The second Charles died at fourteen while attending Hillsborough Academy.
In 1819 he was elected to the first of two terms in the North Carolina Senate. In 1824 he was elected to the Council of State. Then he returned to the Senate for one more term in 1827.
He was offered the position of Vice President of the United States on the ticket with William Henry Harrison, but he declined.
He passed away in 1841 on his farm in Chatham County and was buried in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pittsboro, North Carolina
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 14315837
- John Owen on Wikipedia
- "Owen, John", NCPedia, https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/owen-john
- "John Owen (North Carolina politician)", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Owen_(North_Carolina_politician)
- John Owen, 21st Governor of the State of North Carolina - 1828 to 1830
- NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT, 1585-1974, NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT, 1585-1974, North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Ed. John L. Cheney, Jr., 1975, ppg. 161, 173, 174, 189, 262, 264, 265, 274, 276, 288, 817
- Wheeler, John H. Historical sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo, 1851. ppg. 28, 43, 44
- John Owen (1787-1841)
- Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 3, Westport, Conn.; Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.
- John Owen Papers, 1749-1873
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14315837/john-owen : accessed 19 November 2021), memorial page for John Owen (21 Aug 1787–9 Oct 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #14315837, citing Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .
- Thomas Owen Family Bible
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Marty (Lenover) Acks
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Owen-7570 and Owen-3553 appear to represent the same person because: These 2 people are the same person. Information all matches. Both were Governor of North Carolina. They cite the same Wikipedia article.
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