Oliver P. Mowen
Oliver P. Mowen, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born at Fredericksburg, Ohio, April 25, 1843; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rudicill) Mowen, the former born September 11, 1792, at Hagerstown, Md., on the field where the battle of Antietam was subsequently fought, and died at Fredericksburg April 8, 1845. The latter is a native of Springfield, Mahoning Co., Ohio, where she was born April 21, 1797, of German descent. She is now in the eighty-eighth year of her age. She is the mother of ten children. Our subject enlisted during the late war of the Rebellion in Company D, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participated in the efforts made to repulse John Morgan when he ventured on his raid through Ohio, and was discharged on account of sickness December 9, 1862. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Rosella, daughter of Samuel Diver and a native of Deertield Township, and by this union there is one child living—Mabel. Their eldest child, Sammy, born October 15, 1872, died after a brief illness July 8, 1874. In 1870 Mr, Mowen settled on his present farm of sixty acres, which he has greatly improved and converted into one of the neatest homes in Deertield Township. It may be observed that it is the same farm settled on by Mrs. Mowen' s grandfather, Peter Mason, an early pioneer of Deertield Township. Our subject is a member of the congregation of the Disciples Church; he has served as Township Assessor for two years.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885