Owen Thomas Davis was the son of David Price Davis and Elizabeth Griffiths. He was the fourth of their seven children. He was born March 15, 1875, at Samaria, Idaho. His parents had both come from Wales and were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were one of the first seven families to settle Samaria. 

Owen grew to be an average size man with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was baptized a member of the LDS Church 20 May 1883. He attended school in Samaria and a school of higher learning in Malad.  

When he was nine, he moved with his family to Gwenford. They had bought a home by the grist mill. He walked to school, a distance of one and a half miles without over-shoes or rubbers, and his lunch consisted of bread spread with bacon grease. 

As a boy he helped his father and worked for others wherever he could to earn some money. His mother died when he was fourteen. 

Early in the year of 1898, he received a call to fulfill an LDS mission to West Virginia. On 30 March 1898, he married Anna Price in the Logan Temple. On April 30, 1898, he was set apart as a missionary by Apostle George Teasdale. He left for his mission and served twenty-seven months, traveling without purse or script. 

When he returned from his mission, he worked as a clerk for Benjamin Waldron in his store. He and Anna lived in a small house on the west corner of the store. They became the parents of five children. Owen and Mary were born in Samaria. After the death of his father, David Price Davis, in 1904, Owen bought the family home and farm at Gwenford. Daniel, Herman, and Elizabeth were born here. He worked the farm and for a number of years he ran a thrashing machine at harvest time. 

His wife, Anna, died 12 March 1929, just a couple of weeks before their thirty-first wedding anniversary. After her death he lived at home with his son Herman and his daughter Elizabeth. 

He was very active in church and civic affairs. He was clerk for the village when it was first incorporated. He served as ward clerk in the Samaria Ward for thirty-one years. He served under Bishops Daniel E. Price, William W. Williams, Hyrum Peterson, David Hughes, and John P. Roderick. While holding this position, he also served in many other positions. He was active in dramatics and took part in many plays. He was an able speaker and was often called upon to speak at public meetings, church meetings and funerals. He had a gift of healing and was often called upon to administer to the sick and give them a blessing.  

During 1937-38, he served a term as state representative from Oneida County. For several years he was employed as a road supervisor for Idaho State. He also served as a school trustee. 

On December 10, 1935, he married the widow Florence Jensen of Ogden, Utah. They lived at Gwenford. You drove through an orchard to reach the house. First you came to the garage. The house was behind a fence and had lovely shady trees, flowers, and a garden. There was a small stream that ran beside it that carried the water from the sink. The water was piped from a spring and ran continually. The next building was the barn and then the land sloped down and here the cows grazed. 

Owen must have loved children because when they came to visit his home he would take them to the barn to see any new lambs or calves. In the summer they would walk out into the fields to check the water. He always took time to talk to them and show them things. 

On June 20, 1935, he was set apart as Bishop of the Samaria Ward by Melvin J Ballard. He held this position for over four years when he moved to Ogden to make his home. He was released in December 1939. 

He and Florence made their home at 1947 Van Buren Avenue in Ogden. He drove a dark blue coupe and loved to drive back to Gwenford to visit his family and friends. His daughter Mary and her husband Bud Williams had bought the family home and he was always welcome there. 

He was employed for a while at Hill Air Force Base. He suffered a series of mild strokes and now walked with a cane. It worried his family when he got in his little blue coupe and took off for Malad.  

He had one final stroke at the Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital in Ogden and passed away February 12, 1949. He was 73 years of age. His body was taken to Samaria for burial. The viewing was at his daughter Mary’s home in Gwenford. The day of the funeral was a severe winter day. The roads were icy and hazardous. The ground was frozen and the road to the cemetery had been plowed but the snow was so deep you could not see a car coming down the road. With his passing went a gentle, humorous man, a loving father, a beloved uncle and friend.