“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


EVAN OWEN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Ixonia Center; born in June, 1821, 
in Montgomeryshire, Wales; came to America in 1841, and first lived in 
Oneida Co., N.Y., where he worked in a starch-factory.  In 1845, he 
visited Wisconsin, and bought eighty acres of land in Ixonia Township, 
Jefferson Co.  In 1846, moved here, and, in 1847, built a log house; 
erected his present residence in 1861.  He now owns 160 acres of land.  
Married Miss Margaret Jones, of Carnarvonshire, Wales, March 9, 1846; 
they have two children - David, born Nov. 14, 1852; Anna, Sept. 23, 
1854.  The family are members of the Welsh Congregational Church, of 
which Mr. Owen is a deacon.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)