From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 661.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN S. OWINGS

John S. Owings, a highly respected citizen of Butler district, was 
born in 1830 in Brooke county.  He is the son of Ephraim Owings, who 
was born in Brooke county about 1811, and has since early manhood 
been engaged in farming.  He was married in 1826 to Blanche 
Swearingen, daughter of John and Frances Swearingen, residents of 
Brooke county, and they had thirteen children, eight of whom are 
living.  The father died July 12, 1884, but the mother is living, at 
the advanced age of eighty-four years.  The grandfather of the 
subject of this notice was Asa Owings, who came from Baltimore, Md., 
to Brooke county about 1790, and settled opposite where the city of 
Steubenville now stands.  He assisted in the building of the first 
house in that place.  His death occurred about 1823.  John S. Owings 
began farming in Brooke county and is still engaged in that 
occupation.  On May 19, 1857, he was married to Mary E. Roberts, 
daughter of Samuel Roberts, a native of Brooke county, and to this 
union two children have been born, George and William E.  He and wife 
are members of the Disciples church.  Having been a life-long 
resident of the county, and taken an active part in public affairs, 
he is influential and widely known.  In politics he has warmly 
espoused the cause of the democratic party.  Mr. Owings has held the 
office of school trustee for ten years.


(Linda Fluharty)