FRANK A. OWEN was born May 16, 1845, in Madisonville, Ky., in 1853 removed with his parents to Uniontown; in 1856 to Hopkins County; in 1859, to Dallas, Tex., and in 1861 returned to Kentucky, where he enlisted in the Eighth Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States army. In 1862 he entered the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States army, in which he remained until the close of the late war. In 1865 he commenced business as a commercial traveler from Evansville, Ind., in which he was successful, and in 1882 located at Slaughterville, engaging in the grocery business, in connection with which he has established a successful trade in the field, seed and grain business. His father, Dr. Abraham B. Owen, a native of Union County, was born in 1811, and died in 1872. He was the son of Joseph, who was born in 1773, and who died in 1829. Joseph's father was Brackett Owen, of Prince Edward County, Va., a Revolutionary soldier, who removed to Kentucky, and located near the present town of Shelbyville in 1783. He was the son of David D. Owen, a native of Wales. Brackett Owen's children were Capt. Jacob, born in 1763, died in 1804; Nancy O. Given, 1765, died 1805; Capt. John, 1767, died in 1822; Col. Abraham, 1769, died in 1811; Maj. David, 1771, died 1832; Joseph (as above); Robert, 1774, died 1856; William, 1776, died 1856; Jesse, 1778; Sarah O. Glass, 1780, died 1837, and Samuel, 1782. Dr. Abraham B. Owen espoused in marriage Rachel F., daughter of John and Nancy (Allin) Browder, of Hopkins County (born in 1821, now living), and their offspring are Frank A., Dr. Abraham M., Dr. John E. and Dollie E. (Owen). In youth Frank A. received a good English education, and by a liberal course of reading and application is possessed of a varied fund of general information. He first married, November 5, 1873, Josie, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Babcock) Haff, of Evansville, Ind. (born 1846, died July 22, 1874). April 14, 1880, he married Ida A., daughter of Richard M. and Keturah (Dixon) Allin, of Henderson, Ky. (born December 19, 1857), and to them have been born Allin Browder, Ruth Fayon and Frank A. The children of Joseph, the son of Brackett Owen, were Nancy (Blue), Lewis, Austin, Permelia, Valentine, William W., Elizabeth O. (Sweatman), Henry H., Abraham B., Jane O. (Smith), Paulina O. (Kinkead), Joseph and Robert. The Owen family have participated largely in the wars of the country and have figured extensively in the battles of the Republic.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1042.