Person:William Owens (28)

"After leaving school, Wm. followed farming until 1889 when he read law under Judge D. K. Young, and the same year, at Jacksboro, obtained his license to practice law from Uudges Henry R. Gibson and J. P. South. In 1890 he located at Tazewell and began the practice of his profession. In April, 1902, he came to LaFollette, where he has built up an excellent business. He is attorney for the LaFollette Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, and has a practice that extends to all the state and federal courts. He is a diligent student and has one of the finest law libraries in the county. Mr. Owens is a Democrat, and has always taken an active part in politics; was a delegate to the Kansas City convention in 1900; has attended all of the state conventions since he was sixteen years of age. " from Notable Men of Tennessee.