EVANS
,
OWEN
(
1829
-
1920
),
Congregational minister and author
;
b.
19 Nov. 1829
in
Pen-y-bont-fawr, Mont.
He hailed from a deeply religious family — on his mother's side he was related to the hymnist,
Ann
Griffiths
(q.v.)
. He
worked in a factory
at first. He was received into church membership at
Llanfyllin
when he was sixteen. For a while he was at a school kept by
Evan
Jones
(
Ieuan Gwynedd
, q.v.)
; later he himself
kept school
in the same place. He began to
preach
at
Llanfyllin
; be ministered at
Berea
(
Anglesey
),
1853-4
,
Maentwrog
,
1854-6
,
Fetter Lane
,
London
,
1856-63
,
Brymbo
and
Wrexham
,
1863-7
,
Llanbryn-mair
,
1867-81
, and
Fetter Lane
(for the second time) together with
King's Cross
,
1881-1901
. He retired from the ministry and lived in
Liverpool
,
1901-18
, and
London
,
1918-20
. In
1920
he received a
Civil List annuity
. He was
chairman
of the
Welsh Congregational Union
in
1887
. He d.
1 June 1920
.
Many of
Owen
Evans
's published works consisted of addresses which he had given in
Bible study classes
. They are:
Gwyrthiau Crist
,
1868
,
Dammegion yr Arglwydd Iesu
,
1873
,
Oriau gyda'r Iesu
,
1882
;
Merched yr Ysgrythyrau and Sêr y Duyrain
,
1886
,
Geiriau Olaf Iesu Grist
,
1887
,
Yr Aberthau
,
1889
, and
Bywgraffiadau'r Beibl a Phregethau Eraill
,
1899
. He was not an eloquent preacher in comparison with some of his contemporaries nor was his literary style of a high quality. His brothers,
David
Evans
(
1842
-
1914
)
and
Thomas
Evans
(
1844
-
1922
)
are noticed separately.
Bibliography:
-
Y Dysgedydd
,
July 1920
;
-
Y Tri Hyn sef y Parchedigion Owen Evans,
D.D., Llundain, David Evans, Caerfyrddin, Thomas Evans,
Amlwch
, 1931
.
Author:
Rev. John Dyfnallt Owen, M.A., (1873-1956), Aberystwyth
