OWEN
OWEN of Dr. William Marmaduke and Nancy L. (McAdory), Owen; married Marie Susan, daughter of John HoUis Bankhead, 1893. Practising lawyer, firm of Besse- mer, CarroUton and Birmingham, Alabama, 1887- 1901; brought about establishment of Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1901. Member of: American Historical Association; American Political Science Association; member (and president, 1909- ), American Anthropological Association; secretary, Alabama Historical Society, 1898- president (and founder) Alabama Library Association, 1904- . Author of: "City Code of Bessemer, Alabama" (1888); "Bibliography of Alabama" (1897); "Bibliography of Mississippi" (1899); "Annals of Alabama, 1819-1900" (addendum to 3rd edition, "Pickett's History of Alabama") (1900). Editor: "Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society 1898-1905 and of Gulf States Historical Magazine 1902-1903". ARTICLE: AT.ABAMt.
