Biography

05/08/1775 - 09/09/1857

OWEN, David Evan, a Representative from Columbia, Northumberland and Union Counties; born, May 8, 1775 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; owner and editor, Berwick American; appointed, justice of the peace, Briar Creek and Bloom Townships (1813); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1813, 1815, 1821); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1814-1815 term; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Berwick (1820); printer, Allentown Star; school teacher; elected, auditor, Seneca County, Oh. (1831-1835); appointed, receiver, Ohio Canal Land Office; elected, Ohio State Senate (1836-1837); presidential appointee, receiver of public money (1838-1840); merchant; justice of the peace, Seneca County; died, September 9, 1857 in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio; interred, Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.