Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 December 2004

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DR. J. B. OWENS, physician, Lebanon. This gentleman is the son of John Owens, who was born in Wales in 1771, and came to this country with his parents when 2 years of age; he settled in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where our subject was born, and then moved to Guernsey County, where he died in 1869, at the advanced age of 98 years. His wife, Elizabeth (Beaver) Owens, was a native of Sherman Valley, Penn., where they were married. They had thirteen children—nine boys and four girls. Our subject attended the schools of his native county for a short time, after which he taught school to obtain means to complete his education. In this manner he was enabled to attend a select high school, from which he went to Madison College, Guernsey County, where he remained until that college closed. He commenced reading medicine by himself in 1856, reading first the allopathic system. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery during the terms of 1858 and 1859. In 1865, he again graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and, after practicing his profession a short time in Cincinnati and Monroe, Ohio, came to Lebanon, where he has since remained, with the exception of several winters spent in the South and in California, Colorado and other parts of the West. He was married, Oct. 4, 1865, to Miss Mary M. Keever, daughter of Aaron and Ann (Longstreet) Keever, of Mason, Warren Co. After thoroughly mastering both systems of medicine, the Doctor has selected the principles originated by Hahnemann, to which he strictly adheres. He has acquired a large and lucrative practice, which he is constantly extending by his industrious habits and close attention. He bears the reputation of being one of the best and most successful homoeopathic physicians of Southern Ohio, and truly his record in the village of Cedars warrants at least the above reputation.