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Edward Asbury O'Neal Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: September 20, 1818 Birthplace: Madison County, Alabama Father: Edward Asbury O'Neal Sr. 1782 – 1822 Mother: Rebecca Wheat 1791 – 1864 Wife: Olivia Moore 1819 – 1909 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Children: Rebecca O'Neal Shotwell 1842 – 1902 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Lt. Alfred Moore O'Neal 1844 – 1909 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Edward Ashberry O'Neal Jr. 1845 – 1876 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Julia O'Neal 1850 – Unknown (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Emmett O'Neal 1853 – 1922 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Georgia O'Neal 1856 - Sydenham O'Neal Dudley 1864 – 1938 (Buried...
Charles O’Neill :us34stars: Born: March 21, 1821 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: John O’Neill 1774 – 1832 Mother: Mary Blakiston 1781 – 1824 Wife: None Children: None Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party Education: 1840: Graduated from Dickinson College Studied law under future Vice President George Mifflin, Dallas Occupation before War: 1843 – 1863: Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1850 – 1852: Pennsylvania State Representative 1853: Pennsylvania State Senator 1860: Pennsylvania State Representative Civil War Career: 1863 – 1871: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania 1863 – 1867: Member of House Interstate Commerce Committee 1865: Voted in support of the 13th Amendment to...
John O'Neill: :us34stars: Born: December 17, 1822 Birthplace: Philadelphia Pennsylvania Father: John O'Neill - 1848 Mother: Wife: Mary Louise Searle 1828 – 1908 (Buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery Zanesville Ohio) Children: Mary Angela O'Neill Darst 1849 – 1928 Margaret Searle O'Neill Magruder 1852 – 1916 John Searle O'Neill 1854 – 1882 Katherine Clara O'Neill Lee 1857 – 1890 Helen Pearl O'Neill Townsend 1859 – 1931 Robert F. O'Neill 1862 – 1953 Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Graduated from Mount St. Mary's College 1841: Graduated from Georgetown College law school Occupation before War: 1842 – 1844: Attorney in Washington D.C. 1844 – 1845: Attorney in Zanesville Ohio Muskingum County Ohio Prosecuting Attorney...
Patrick Henry “Paddy” O’Rorke :us34stars: Born: March 25, 1837 Birthplace: County Cavan Ireland Father: Patrick O’Rorke 1790 – 1850 (Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, New York) Mother: Mary Maguire 1797 – 1881 (Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, New York) Wife: Clarissa Wadsworth Bishop 1840 – 1893 (Buried: Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts) Education: June 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class) Occupation before War: 1842: Immigrated to the United States from Ireland Marble Cutter in the State of New York Civil War Career: 1861: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1861 – 1863: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers 1861: Drilled...
Martin Augustus Oatis :CSA1stNat: Born: April 2, 1833 Birthplace: Mississippi Father: John Henry Oatis 1795 – 1863 (Buried: Oatis Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi) Mother: Mary William Buckley 1795 – 1886 (Buried: Oatis Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi) 1st Wife: Helen L. Teunisson 1837 – 1864 (Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi) 2nd Wife: Nancy Rozaner Hooker 1835 – 1928 (Buried: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas) Children: George Stanley Oatis 1860 – 1860 (Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi) Marion May Oatis 1861 – 1900 (Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi) Education: Graduated from University of Mississippi (Honor...
William Beck Ochiltree :CSA1stNat: Born: October 18, 1811 Birthplace: Fayetteville, North Carolina Father: David Ochiltree 1782 – 1834 (Buried: Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, North Carolina) Mother: Lucy Ann Winslow 1797 – 1872 (Buried: Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, North Carolina) Wife: Atala Hotchkiss 1820 – 1871 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas) Children: US Congressman Thomas Peck Ochiltree 1837 – 1902 (Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings–on–Hudson, New York) Virginia May Ochiltree Wiegers 1837 – 1918 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas) William Beck Ochiltree 1843 – 1906 (Buried: Washington Cemetery, Houston, Texas) Lucy Ochiltree Rogers 1846 – 1876 (Buried: Oakwood...
Moses Fowler Odell :us34stars: Born: February 24, 1818 Birthplace: Tarrytown, New York Father: William Dyckman Odell Jr. 1794 – 1875 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Mother: Susannah Fowler 1797 – 1878 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Wife: Sarah Van Der Veer 1821 – 1898 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Married: July 18, 1845 in Brooklyn, New York Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Entry Clerk at New York Customhouse Public Appraiser in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1865: United States Congressman from New York 1861 – 1863: House Chairman of Treasury Department Expenditures 1861 – 1863: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee 1863 – 1865...
William Henry Odenheimer Jr. :CSA1stNat: Born: 1840 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Father: Rev. Father William Henry Odenheimer Sr. 1817 – 1879 (Buried: Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey) Mother: Anne Shaw Unknown – 1890 (Buried: Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey) Wife: Sophia Malbone Ball 1837 – 1891 (Buried: Strawberry Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley Co., South Carolina) Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Master's Mate in the Confederate States Navy 1862 – 1863: Master in the Confederate States Navy 1861: Clerk on the C.S.S. Savannah at Savannah, Georgia Clerk on aboard Confederate State gunboat No. 3 Clerk on the C.S.S. Indian Chief at Charleston Station 1862 – 1863: Served at Drewry's...
Frederick Nash Ogden :CSA1stNat: Born: January 25, 1837 Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Father: Dr. Frederick Nash Ogden 1807 – 1839 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Mother: Carmelite Lopez 1817 – 1849 Wife: Laura B. Jackson 1850 - Occupation before War: Clerk for New Orleans, Louisiana, Cotton Broker Civil War Career: 1861: Private, Company B, 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion 1861 – 1862: Color Sgt. For Company B, 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion 1862 – 1864: Major of 8th Louisiana Artillery Battalion 1863: Captured and Paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi 1864: Major of 9th Louisiana Battalion Partisan Rangers 1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of Ogden's Louisiana Cavalry Battalion 1865: Colonel of Ogden's...
Dr. Thomas Louis Ogier :CSA1stNat: Born: December 23, 1810 Birthplace: South Carolina Father: Thomas Ogier 1755 – 1833 Mother: Sarah Hendlan 1779 – 1849 Wife: Maria Willard Grayson 1814 – 1887 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Charleston South Carolina) Children: Maria Grayson Ogier Parker 1835 – 1926 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Charleston South Carolina) Dr. Thomas Louis Ogier Jr. 1837 – 1863 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Charleston South Carolina) Dr. William Grayson Ogier 1841 – 1888 Sallie Ogier Lynah 1845 – 1913 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Charleston South Carolina) Harriott Rutledge Ogier Simons 1853 – 1930 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Charleston South Carolina) Education: Studied Medicine under Dr. John Edwards Holbrook...
John Oglesby: :CSA1stNat: Born: August 10, 1831 Birthplace: Elbert County Georgia Father: William Oglesby 1777 – 1853 Mother: Perlina Johnson Wiley 1811 – 1896 Wife: Margaret Patton Eberhart 1829 – 1870 Children: George Calhoun Oglesby 1854 – 1908 (Buried: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Dewy Rose Georgia) Robert Lonnie Oglesby 1858 – 1860 Occupation before War: Farmer in Elbert County Georgia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Jr. 2nd Lt. Company H 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862: 2nd Lt. Company H 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: 1st Lt. Company H 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment 1863: Killed while charging the enemy he was shot through the body Died: July 1, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg Pennsylvania Age at...
Richard James Oglesby :us34stars: Born: July 25, 1824 Birthplace: Floydsburg, Kentucky Father: Jacob Oglesby 1791 – 1833 Mother: Isabel Watson 1792 – 1833 1st Wife: Anna Elizabeth White 1835 – 1868 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois) 2nd Wife: Emma Susan Gillett 1845 – 1928 (Buried: Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart, Illinois) Signature: Children: Richard “Dickey” Oglesby 1859 – 1865 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois) Anna “Little Sissie” Oglesby 1861 – 1862 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois) Olive Olga Oglesby Snider 1863 – 1950 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois) Robert Oglesby 1865 – 1928 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois) Richard James Oglesby Jr. 1874 – 1913...
Charles Smith Olden :us34stars: Born: February 19, 1799 Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey Father: Hart Olden – 1841 (Buried: Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial, Princeton, New Jersey) Mother: Temperance Smith – 1841 (Buried: Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial, Princeton, New Jersey) Wife: Phebe Ann Smith 1807 – 1892 (Buried: Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial, Princeton, New Jersey) Married: October 1832 in Pennsylvania Children: Elizabeth E. Olden Voorhees 1827 – 1903 Marty Olden Sisty 1833 – 1857 Religion: Quaker Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Successful Mercantile Businessman in Princeton New Jersey 1845 – 1851: New Jersey State Senator 1860 – 1863: Governor of New Jersey...
Williamson Simpson Oldham Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: June 19, 1813 Birthplace: Franklin County, Tennessee Father: Elias Oldham 1779 – 1850 Mother: Mary Bratton Burton 1780 – 1850 1st Wife: Mary Vance McKisick 1820 – 1849 (Buried: Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas) 2nd Wife: Anne S. Kirk Children: Sarah Jane Oldham 1838 – 1855 Mary Eliza Oldham 1840 – Unknown Williamson Simpson Oldham Jr. 1841 – 1921 (Buried: Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas) Letitia Madeleine Oldham McCarty 1842 – 1922 (Buried: Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas) Ada Yell Oldham Spratt 1847 – 1924 (Buried: Reeves Chapel Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: School Teacher...
Abram Baldwin Olin :us34stars: Born: September 21, 1808 Birthplace: Shaftsbury, Vermont Father: Gideon Olin 1743 – 1823 (Buried: Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vermont) Mother: Lydia Myres Pope 1775 – 1866 (Buried: Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Ohio) Wife: Mary Bushnell Danforth 1811 – 1893 (Buried: Westlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1835: Graduated from Williams College Occupation before War: 1838 – 1857: Attorney in Troy, New York 1844 – 1852: Recorder at city of Troy, New York 1857 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York 1857 – 1859: Member House Public Buildings Expenditures Committee 1859 – 1863: Member House Military Affairs Committee...
John Morrison Oliver :us34stars: Born: September 6, 1828 Birthplace: Penn Yan, New York Father: William Morrison Oliver 1791 – 1863 (Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, New York) Mother: Eleanor Young – 1834 Wife: Joanna West Wagener 1828 – 1895 Children: Eleanor Maria Oliver Hewitt 1851 – 1932 (Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey) Education: Graduated from St. John’s College Occupation before War: Pharmacist in Michigan Civil War Career: 1861: Private in 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1861: Captain in 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862: Brigade Commander during the Siege of Corinth...
Charles Hart Olmstead :CSA1stNat: Born: April 2, 1837 Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia Father: Jonathan Olmstead 1793 – 1854 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Mother: Eliza Hart 1803 – 1881 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Wife: Florence Lucinda Williams 1837 – 1909 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Children: Sarah Morris Olmstead Adams 1862 – 1950 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Charles Williams Olmstead 1864 – 1865 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Florence Neely Olmstead 1867 – 1868 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Susan Jones Olmstead 1869 – 1960 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery...
Emerson Opdycke :us34stars: Born: January 7, 1830 Birthplace: Hubbard, Ohio Father: Captain Albert Opdycke 1788 – 1873 (Buried: Old Pulaski Cemetery, Williams County, Ohio) Mother: Betsey Harmon 1788 – 1852 (Buried: Old Pulaski Cemetery, Williams County, Ohio) Wife: Lucy Wells Stevens 1832 – 1922 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, Ohio) Children: Leonard Eckstein Opdycke Sr. 1858 – 1914 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Occupation before War: Participated in the California Gold Rush twice traveling to California Mercantile Businessman in Warren, Ohio Fully interested in the teachings of and supported abolitionism Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: 1st Lt., 41st Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment Stood first...
Edward Otho Cresap Ord :us34stars: Edward Ord was an engineer in the United States Army, and an officer who saw action in three wars: the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War. Ord commanded the Union Army of the James during the final days of the Civil War, and played a crucial role in forcing the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. After Lincoln's assassination, Ord was called upon by General Grant to investigate the role of the Confederate government in the plot. Ord's finding of no involvement by Confederate Officials greatly reduced the calls for revenge in the North against the former rebellious states. Born: October 18, 1818 Birthplace: Cumberland, Maryland Father: Lt. James Ord 1789 – 1873...
William Ward Orme Born: February 17, 1832 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Father: William Clarke Orme 1809 – 1845 Mother: Jane Frances Ward 1810 – 1842 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Nancy “Nannie” McCullough 1834 – 1912 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Children: William M. Orme 1854 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Mary Bernadine Orme Smith 1856 – 1931 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Lucy Orme Morgan 1858 – 1944 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Edwin D. Orme 1860 – 1926 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Occupation before War: Attorney in Bloomington...
James Lawrence Orr Sr. :CSA1stNat: Born: May 12, 1822 Birthplace: Craytonville, Anderson County, South Carolina Father: Christopher Orr 1794 – 1864 (Buried: Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Furrs, Mississippi) Mother: Martha McCann 1798 – 1862 (Buried: Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Furrs, Mississippi) Brother: CS Congressman Jehu Amaziah Orr 1828 – 1921 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Wife: Mary Jane Marshall 1826 – 1898 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina) Children: Eliza Foster Orr 1844 – 1851 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church Anderson South Carolina) Martha Orr Patterson 1846 – 1905 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Greenville South Carolina) James Lawrence Orr Jr. 1852 – 1905...
Jehu Amaziah Orr :CSA1stNat: Born: April 10, 1828 Birthplace: Anderson County, South Carolina Father: Christopher Orr 1794 – 1864 (Buried: Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Furrs, Mississippi) Mother: Martha McCann 1798 – 1862 (Buried: Zion Presbyterian Cemetery, Furrs, Mississippi) Brother: Governor James L. Orr 1822 – 1873 (Buried: First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina) Wife: Cornelia Ewing Van de Graaff 1833 – 1917 (Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi) Children: Christopher Orr 1853 – 1913 (Buried: Gardner Cemetery, Zolfo Springs, Florida) William Gates Orr 1856 – 1901 (Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi) Martha Corrine Orr Harris 1861 – 1946 (Buried: Collinsville Cemetery...
Godlove Stein Orth :us34stars: Born: April 22, 1817 Birthplace: Lebanon, Pennsylvania Father: Gottlieb S. Orth 1764 – 1831 (Buried: Hebron Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania) Mother: Sarah Steiner 1773 – 1834 (Buried: Hebron Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania) 1st Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Miller Unknown – 1849 (Buried: Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana) 2nd Wife: Mary A. Ayres 1830 – 1887 (Buried: Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana) Children: Julia Elizabeth Orth 1847 – 1850 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Mary Orth McNutt 1851 – 1902 (Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado) Harry A. Orth 1856 – 1920 (Buried: Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana) Political Party: Whig Party...
Thomas Ogden Osborn :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1832 Birthplace: Jersey, Licking County, Ohio Father: Samuel Osborn 1800 – 1857 Mother: Hannah Meeker 1796 – 1841 Education: Graduated from Ohio University Occupation before War: 1858 – 1861: Attorney in Chicago, Illinois Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1865: Colonel of 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign in Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Port Republic, Virginia Served in the fighting in Charleston, South Carolina Participated in the fighting at Fort Wagner, and Fort Sumter 1864: Wounded at the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia 1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in the...
Rev. Edwin Augustus Young Osborne :CSA1stNat: Born: May 6, 1837 Birthplace: Madison County, Alabama Father: Dr. Ephraim Brevard Osborne 1787 – 1875 (Buried: Salem – Irene Cemetery, Irene, Texas) Mother: Nancy Smith 1801 – 1895 (Buried: Salem – Irene Cemetery, Irene, Texas) Wife: Frances Moore 1840 – 1925 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Children: James W. Osborne Unknown – 1872 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Edwin A. Osborne 1870 – 1871 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Education: Attended Military School in Statesville, North Carolina Civil War Career: Captain of North Carolina State Troops Colonel of North Carolina State Troops Occupation after War: Clerk...
Peter Joseph Osterhaus :us34stars: Born: January 4, 1823 Birthplace: Koblenz Rhenish, Prussia Father: Josef Adolf Oisterhusz Mother: Eleanora Kraemer Wife: Matilda Born 1825 – 1863 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Wife: Amelia_________________ Children: Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus 1851 – 1927 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Louis R. Osterhaus 1866 – 1929 (Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Illinois) Education: Attended Berlin Military Academy Occupation before War: Served in the Prussian Army fulfilling his military obligations Served in the revolution in Germany 1849: Immigrated to the United States Settling in Illinois Merchant in Belleville, Illinois 1856...
Kirkwood Otey :CSA1stNat: Born: October 19, 1829 Birthplace: Lynchburg, Virginia Father: John Matthews Otey 1792 – 1859 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Mother: Lucy Wilhelmina Norvell 1801 – 1866 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Wife: Lucy Dabney Norvell 1845 – 1913 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Children: John M. Otey 1866 – 1948 (Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia) Captain Kirkwood Otey 1884 – 1937 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1849: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Attended University of Virginia Occupation before War: Banker in Lynchburg, Virginia Served in the Virginia State Militia as Officer...
Granville Henderson Oury :CSA1stNat: Born: March 12, 1825 Birthplace: Abingdon, Virginia Father: Augustus Oury 1786 – 1870 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, Missouri) Mother: Catherine Sanders 1797 – 1840 (Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, Missouri) Wife: Sarah Malvina “Mina” Sanders 1842 – 1912 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Seguin, Texas) Married: April 16, 1863 in Guadalupe, Texas Children Genevive Oury Jackson 1869 – 1960 Political Party: Democratic Political Party Occupation before War: Worked on his father’s farm and attended school in Bowling Green. 1848: Admitted to the Bar in Bowling Green, Missouri 1848: Moved to San Antonio Texas 1849 – 1856: Participated in Gold Mining in Marysville, California 1856...
Joshua Thomas Owen Born: March 29, 1822 Birthplace: Carmarthen, Wales Father: David Owen 1782 – 1852 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Jane Thomas 1777 – 1858 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wife: Annie J. Sheridan 1836 – 1895 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Robert J. Owen 1858 – 1884 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Occupation before War: 1830: Immigrated to the United States from Wales Professor at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857 – 1869: Pennsylvania State Representative Civil War Career: 1861: Served in 25th Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Colonel of...
John Crowder Owens :CSA1stNat: Born: March 19, 1830 Birthplace: Matthews County, Virginia Father: John Owens 1801 – 1839 (Buried: Whitehaven Cemetery, Matthews County, Virginia) Mother: Keturah White 1800 – 1895 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia) Wife: Mary Ann Foster 1831 – 1861 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery,, Portsmouth, Virginia) Children: Captain Edwin Watts Owens 1855 – 1916 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia) Occupation before War: Ship’s Carpenter at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia Captain of Portsmouth Rifle Company, Virginia Militia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain Company G 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Major of 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862: Wounded...
William Allison Owens :CSA1stNat: Born: September 19, 1833 Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina Father: Henry C. Owens 1797 – 1848 (Buried: Settlers Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Mother: Jane Elizabeth Allison 1813 – 1867 (Buried: Settlers Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Wife: Alice Brandon Caldwell 1833 – 1906 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina) Education: 1856: Graduated from University of North Carolina Occupation before War: 1856 – 1861: Attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina 1861: Elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. Of Company B, 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment 1861: Captain of Company B, 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Major of...

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