The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-16
DR. OWEN UNANI-
 MOUSLY ELECTED
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 ous historical gatherings in many cit- les of the Union Dr. Owen has re- sponded to invitations to speak upon the Alabama plan.
 He has held a prominent place in the affairs of the Sons of Veterans. He has not only commanded the Alabama division for several years but he has taken an active part In the Confeder- ations affairs at the various reunions. He was several years at the head of the important Historical Committee of the Confederation. At Nashville last year he delivered in the convention hall of the veterans the response to the address of welcome on behalf of the Sons.
 Dr. Owen became candidate for Commander-in- Chief at the instance Of the Alabama Division at the Mobile reunion last year. A resolution urging him as candidate and unanimously passed by the division declared. His historical work as Director of the De- partment of Archives and History of the State of Alabama has attracted wide and favorable attention; and we believe that the elevation of Com mander owen to the position of Com mander n-Chief Of the Confederation ganizatlon at large" The following sketch of the new commander Is ta- ken from Lambs Biographical Die tionary:
 Historical Sketch.
 Thomas McAdory Owen. historian, was born in Joneshoro. Jefferson County, Alabama, December IS, 1866; son of pr. William Marmaduke and Nancy (McAdory) Owen; grandson of Judge, Thomas and Dolly Payne (Wil- liams) Owen, and great-grandson of Marmaduke and Agnes (Payne) Will Hams. Agnes Payne was a first eous- in of Dorothy Payne, wife of Presi- dent James Madison. His Owen and Williams ancestors were seated in Henrieo and Hanover counties, re- spectively, in Virginia, as early as the beginning of the eighteenth century, and his McAdory ancestor was Sdotch-Irish immigrant from North Ireland to South Carolina prior to the Revolutionary war. He was gradu- ated from the University of Alabama, A. B. and IL. B., 1887, A. M., 1893. He was admitted to the bar In 1887 and practiced fin Bessemer, Carrollton and Birmingham, Ala, until March 1, 1901, when he retired from the active prac- tice of law and devoted himself to lit- erary pursuits. He was married, April 12, 1893. to Marie, daughter of the Hon. John H. Bankhead. He was elected Secretary of the Alabama His- torical Society. June 21, 1898: secre- tary of the Sons of the Revolution in Alabama. April 16. 1894; and mem Der of the American Historical Asso- citation in 1894. He was one of tho founders of the Southern History As- sociation of Washington, D. C., April 24, 1896; was instrumental in the es- tabiishment of the Alabama Depart ment of Archives and History, located in the State Capitol ht Montgomery. Ala, February 27. 1901, and was eleat- cd its Director March 9, 1901, and in July, 1902, issued the first number of The Gulf States Historical Magazine, published bi-monthly. He edited the Transactions of the Alabama Histori- cal Society (Vols. 1 to 4. 1s9S-1903), and the Report of the Alabama His tory Commission (1901). He is the author of City Code of Bessemer. Alabama QSSS); Bibliography of Ala bama 1S97); Bibliograhpy of Missis- sippi 1900). Annals of Alabama. 1S19- 1900. being an addendum to Pickett's History of Alabama (1900); separate genealogies of the Lester. Strother, Eaton. Stansel, Lacey, Kelly, Fisher and Ross families; a History of the Great Seal of Alabama, and @ sketch or Ephralm Kirby. the first Superior Court Judge In what is now Alabama. He received the honorary degree Of IL. D. from the University of Ala bama, June 1. 1904; and is the founder and first President of the Alabama Library Association. organized at Montgomery. November q, 19O41