- DR. EDWARD B. OWEN, a dentist of Brodhead, Green county,
widely known as a master of
- his profession, well versed in all its mechanical niceties
and thoroughly understanding the art of caring for the teeth,
has many friends in the community, and is regarded by all who
know him as a reliable and trustworthy gentleman.
- Dr. OWEN was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, Aug. 20, 1850,
a son of Abram and Mary
- (JONES) OWEN. They were the parents of five children, and
three of these are living: John E., of Oregon, Wis.; David, of
Redfield, S. Dak.; and Dr. Edward B. The father was a stockman
and farmer, and died in Wales at the age of eighty-two, a leading
man in his own community. His wife died in 1886, at the age of
seventy-three. He was a Methodist and she a Baptist. His father
was a farmer and died in his native Wales, the father of two
sons. John JONES, the father of Mary, was a farmer in Wales and
died in middle life; he had two sons and a daughter.
- Dr. Edward B. OWEN came to America in 1860, and made his
home at Oregon, Wis., where he
- grew to manhood. He attended the public schools, and was
a college student at Madison. Then he entered the Pennsylvania
College of Dental Surgery, at Philadelphia, and was graduated
in 1888. After this he took a special course at the college of
dental surgery in Chicago. He began the practice of his profession
at Oregon, where he remained a little over two years. His health
failed at Oregon, and he was obliged to take a rest. When he
had partially regained his strength he came to Brodhead and engaged
in the practice of his profession. Here he has continued to the
present time. Dr. OWEN is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and is its Sunday school superintendent. He is a member of Bicknell
Lodge, A.F.& A.M., of the Monroe Chapter, R.A.M., and of
Janesville Commandery, No. 2, K.T. He is a member of the Knights
of Pythias, where he has taken the Uniform Rank. Dr. OWEN is
a Republican, and belongs to the Southern Wisconsin Dental Society,
to the Wisconsin State Dental Association, and the National Dental
Association. He is a stockholder in the Brodhead telephone exchange,
and in everything that relates to the progress of the community
he has a keen and persistent interest.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 858-859.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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