Background
He was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he was brought up as a Congregationalist.
He was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he was brought up as a Congregationalist.
Thereafter he spent periods of time in other parts working as a schoolmaster. He published a number of books on religious matters, which became widely used. He also wrote sizeable autobiographies on the great Welsh Nonconformist preachers John Elias and Christmas Evans.
David Owen is buried in the churchyard of the small village of Llywel in Powys.