Eugene S. Owen
Eugene S. Owen was born near Rich Hill, Knox County, Ohio, March 9, 1860. He is the son of Franklin M. Owen and Pauline (Boughton) Owen. His parents removed to Delaware County, Ohio, in April, 1860, hence the subject of this sketch has lived in Delaware County practically all his life. The parents located on a farm in Kingston Township, Delaware County, where Mr. Owen received his early education in the public schools. He worked on his father's farm during the summer season, and attended school in the winter. While at home he began the study of law under the tutorship of his brother, Franklin A. Owen, who was at the time a practitioner in Delaware. He came to Delaware about the year 1892, and completed his course of study and was admitted to the Bar on the ninth day of March, 1893, the day he was thirty-three years of age. He began the practice in the office of his brother. Franklin A. Owen, and was elected justice of the peace by the Republican party in the spring of 1895. which office he held for two successive terms of three years each.
In the year 1902 he formed a partnership for the practice of his profession with his brother, Franklin A. Owen, the style of the firm being F. A. and E. S. Owen. He was elected city solicitor of Delaware, Ohio, in the autumn of 1904, and was re-elected to succeed himself in November, 1907. and he is the present incumbent of that office.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908