Franklin A. Owen
Franklin A. Owen was born in Knox County, Ohio, near the village of Rich Hill. His father's name was Franklin M. Owen and his mother's was Pauline (Boughton) Owen. His grandfather located in Knox County in the year 1818, and was a native of Vermont. His mother's people, the Boughtons, immigrated to this state in the year 1840, from Scipio, New York. The subject of this sketch was born on the twenty-second day of December, 1853. and is the eldest son.
The family came to Delaware County in the month of April, 1860, and located on a farm in Kingston Township, where Mr. Owen spent his boyhood and where he obtained his early education. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school and continued his education, completing a classical normal course at the Ohio Central Normal School, which was then located at Worthington, Ohio. He then taught in the public schools of Delaware County for about fourteen years. During this course of teaching he began the study of law, with the firm of Powell, Gill and Kauffman, and on June 7, 1888. he was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio. He immediately began the practice of his profession and located in the same office which he now occupies, and where he has enjoyed a lucrative practice ever since. In January, 1906, at the unanimous request of the members of the Delaware County Bar, he was appointed one of the referees in bankruptcy for the Southern District of Ohio. In the year 1902 he entered into a partnership with his brother, Eugene S. Owen, for the practice of his profession, the style of the partnership being F. A. and E. S. Owen.
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