Biography:

Lawyer, archivist. Born– December 15, 1866, Jonesboro. Parents– William Marmaduke and Nancy Lucretin (McAdory) Owen. Married– Marie Susan Bankhead, April 12, 1893. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., LL.B., 1887; A.M., 1893; LL.D., 1904; Practiced law in Bessemer, 1887-1894; city solicitor for Bessemer, 1890-1893; assistant solicitor for Jefferson County, 1892; chief clerk, Division of Post Office Inspector, U.S. Post Office Department in Washington, 1894-1897; practiced law in Carrollton and Birmingham, 1897-1901. Established and served as director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, 1901-1920. Founder and president of the Alabama Library Association and the Alabama Anthropological Society. Member and officer of the Alabama Historical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Society, Confederate History Club of Montgomery, Sons of the Revolution in Alabama, and United Sons of Confederate Veterans. Edited publications of the Alabama Historical Society, Department of Archives and History, and Gulf States Historical Magazine. Died March 25, 1920.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, Library of Southern Literature, National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 19, and Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 1.

Publication(s):

Alabama; State Name, Boundaries, Capitol, Executive Mansion, Seal, Flag, Holidays, Song and Flower. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1915.

Annals of Alabama, 1819-1900. Birmingham, Ala.; Webb Book Co., 1900.

Bibliography of Alabama. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1898.

City Code of Bessemer, Alabama. Bessemer, Ala.; s.n., 1888.

Dr. Basil Manly, the Founder of the Alabama Historical Society. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Historical Society, 1904.

The Establishment, Organization, Activities and Aspirations of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1904.

History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago; S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1921.

The Methodist Churches of Montgomery;… Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1908.

Our State–Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Printing Co., 1927.

Preliminary Index to the Legislative Reference Collections of the Department. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1914.

Report of the Alabama History Commission to the Governor of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1901.

William Strother, of Virginia, and his Descendants. Harrisburg, Pa.; Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1898.

Joint_Publication(s):

High Points in Alabama History. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Department of Archives and History, 1928.

Compiler:

Alabama Newspapers and Periodicals. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Department of Archives and History, 1915.

Handbook of the Alabama Anthropological Society, 1910. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1910.

Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; …. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1911.

Joint_Compiler:

Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama Department of Archives and History, 1903.