Background
Allred was born in Blackfoot, Idaho.
Allred was born in Blackfoot, Idaho.
He had eight wives, twenty-three children and over two hundred grandchildren. After his death, he was succeeded by J. LaMoine Jensen. Owen Allred stridently opposed this new practice.
In response, the AUB built its own Endowment House in Bluffdale and began performing ordinances.
Owen Allred is perhaps best known for his outspoken criticism of child abuse and marriages of girls under the age of 18. Additionally, he campaigned for the legal marriage age in Utah to be raised from 14 to 16, noting that AUB members are forbidden to engage in any courtship before the age of 17.
In 2003, a federal judge ordered Owen Allred to return money that the AUB had received from Virginia Hill. Hill had accused the group of misrepresentation in a business transaction.
Approximately 1300 people attended his funeral.
He publicly denounced the child abuse that occurred in many polygamist groups and encouraged members of the AUB to report such activities to law enforcement officials.