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DeWitt Clinton Owen
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DeWitt Clinton Owen

American, 1863 - 1932
Biographyhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100591567
Dewitt Clinton Owen was a newspaperman, owner of Dixon Illinois' Tri-Weekly Star, whose thrice a week publication schedule was a considered a significant novelty in its day (as per the lead story in Newspaperdom, vol. viii no. 4 (New York, 1899).

wife: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97032719
Owen, De Witt C., Mrs.
Leighton, Ella Upton
Leighton, Nellie Upton
(self-published cookbooks produced under the name "Mrs. De Witt C. Owen"; author, Ella "Nellie" Upton Leighton, was born in Steuben, Maine, and adopted into the Leighton family; her husband, Dewitt Clinton Owen was a newspaperman, owner of Dixon Illinois' Tri-Weekly Star)
found: Familysearch.org, viewed July 15, 2019:under entry for Elizabeth Leighton Owen (parents: DeWitt Clinton Owen (1863-1932) married Ella Upton Leighton (1862-1948) on 5 Oct. 1893 in Rock Island County, Illinois)
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Last Updated8/7/24