. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. native of Wisconsin andthe latter of Iowa. They now reside in Law-rence, Kansas, Mr. Owens having reached theage of sixty-seven years, while his wife is fifty-se\en years of age. They are sincere and de-voted members of the Christian church andMr. Owens is a retired fanner, who after manyyears of active connection with agricultural in-terests is now enjoying a well earned rest. Inthe family were four children: Alpha, who isnow in the Crerar Librar
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. native of Wisconsin andthe latter of Iowa. They now reside in Law-rence, Kansas, Mr. Owens having reached theage of sixty-seven years, while his wife is fifty-se\en years of age. They are sincere and de-voted members of the Christian church andMr. Owens is a retired fanner, who after manyyears of active connection with agricultural in-terests is now enjoying a well earned rest. Inthe family were four children: Alpha, who isnow in the Crerar Library in Chicago; E. Her-bert, of this review; Fred, who is professor ofmathematics in the Northwestern University inChicago : and Celia, who is in school. E. Herbert Owens was a student in the highschool at Lake City, Iowa, and in the KansasUniversity at Lawrence, from which he wasgraduated in the class of 1901. He taught fora vear in Arkansas City, Kansas, being teacherof mathematics in the high school, after whichhe became professor of mathematics and sur-vevor in Penn College at Oskaloosa. He thentook up civil engineering and in 1903 was ap-. E. H. UA\ENS. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 405 pointed to fill ri wicaiicy in the office of countysurvevor. in the fall of the same year he waselected to the position which he has since iinn-orably and capably filled. In igoi Air. Owens was married to MissElizabeth Edmondson. who was liorn in Co\-ington, Kentucky, in ^S^t) and is a daughter oflames and Mary Edmondson, now living re-tired. Mr. and Mrs. Owens have two daugh-ters. P;.ulinc and Marian. Mr. Owens belongsto the l-irst Presbyterian church and his wifeto the United Presbyterian church and in poli-tics he is a republican. He has erected an at-tractive cottage on North Tenth street, where heand his wife are now living and the hospitalit}of their pleasant home is greatly enjoyed bytheir manv friends. PROFESSOR JAMES P. DODDS. James P. Dodds, seiwing for the fourth termas count
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