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Owen, Thomas Harvey
Biography
25 June 1797–27 Feb. 1880. Farmer, stockman, ferry boat owner, religious professor, clergyman. Born in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Son of Mosby Owen. Moved to Frankfort Township, Franklin Co., Illinois, 1816. Married Mary Paine Wren, 2 Apr. 1818. Moved six miles east of Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1831. Represented Hancock Co. in Illinois House of Representatives, 1834–1836, 1842–1844. Represented Hancock Co. in Illinois Senate, 1836–1838. Appointed elisor in trial of those accused of murdering JS and Hyrum Smith, 1845. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., 1846, and appointed postmaster. Moved to California, 1849–1850. Moved to Solano Co., California. Elected to California legislature, 1852. Moved to Zem Zem, Lake Co., California, 1867; to Coyote Valley, Lake Co., by June 1870; and to Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., California, 1876. Died in Santa Rosa.
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- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Shorthand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Alias Venire Facias, 22 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Affidavits and Motions, 21 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Writs of Venire Facias, 22 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C
- Letter from John Harper, 14 July 1842
- Oath, 22 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Venire Facias, 22 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Gender
- Male