James Owen (American politician)

James Owen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Preceded byCharles Hooks
Succeeded byCharles Hooks
Member of the
North Carolina House of Commons
from Bladen County
In office
November 21, 1808 – December 23, 1811
Serving with Thomas Brown
Preceded byDavid Gillespie
James Bunbury White
Succeeded byDavid Gillespie
John Owen
Personal details
BornDecember 6, 1784[1]
Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedSeptember 4, 1865(1865-09-04) (aged 80)
Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseEliza Murley Mumford
RelativesJohn Owen (brother)
EducationPittsboro Academy
Profession
Military service
BranchNorth Carolina militia
RankAdjutant general
WarsWar of 1812

James Owen (December 6, 1784 – September 4, 1865) was an American politician from North Carolina, a planter, adjutant general, businessman, and slave owner, including of Omar ibn Said. He was educated at William Bingham's Academy in Pittsboro.[2] Subsequently, he was for many years president of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad and an adjutant general in the North Carolina militia during the War of 1812.[3] His brother John Owen was governor of North Carolina.

Owen was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1808 to 1811 and a Democratic-Republican party U.S. congressman from North Carolina's 5th congressional district from 1817 to 1819. He died in 1865 and was interred at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. He was a devoted Presbyterian and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and an officer in the Fayetteville chapter of the American Bible Society.[3]

References

  1. ^ Governor John Owen Family Bible Records – via Digital Collections of the State Archives of North Carolina and the State Library of North Carolina.
  2. ^ Coon, Charles L. "North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790–1840 A Documentary History: Electronic Edition". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Parramore, Thomas C. (1991). "Owen, James". NCpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

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