Owen Romig, eldest son of Peter, Jr,, was born Sept. 3, 1819. He attended school until the age of ten, when he began working in his father's mill, which he was capable of managing four years later. In l844 he leased the mill and conducted it for himself, as well as the farm, both of which he operated until 1863, when he removed to Catasauqua and engaged in the general store business. He died at Catasauqua, Oct. 4,1894. He was a member and elder of the Reformed Church and in politics a Democrat. He married, April 19, 1840, Magdalena, daughter of Joseph Kern. She was born Feb. 14, 1819, and died Oct. 6, 1897