Career
He began his stage career in 1841 in Philadelphia. Owens was a popular comedian whose regular repertory included about fifty parts and who earned a fortune. He was both humorist and comedian.
John East. Owens, describing the conduct of a bee in an empty molasses barrel, once threw a circle of his hearers almost into convulsions of laughter.
He died at his home, Aigburth Vale near Towson, Maryland, December 7, 1886.
