Eli Joshua Owen (abt. 1840 - 1864)

Born about 1840 in Ohio, United States

Died 2 Feb 1864 at about age 24 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Eli was born about 1840 to Humphrey Owen and an unknown mother.

Young Eli experienced a great deal of tragedy in his life. Five younger brothers perished in a house fire, another brother died from being kicked by a horse, and a sister died of burns sustained when her clothing caught fire at a sugar camp.^[1]

In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and died in service February 2, 1864.

Books

Private Eli Owen served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: August 1, 1862
Mustered out: February 4, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. H, 105th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Private Eli Owen Died in Military Service during the United States Civil War.

The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, pages xxv, xlii and liv, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896

Enlisted into Company H of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on August 1, 1862 at age 22 as Private. He was captured by the Confederates near Murphreesborough, Tennessee on January 21, 1863 and was later paroled. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on February 2, 1864. He was buried in Stones River Cemetery in section C, grave 379.

Sources

1. ↑ “The Mahoning Dispatch”, (Canfield, Ohio), 27 Nov 1908, page 1

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Q-NXF : 21 December 2020), Eli Owen in household of Humphry A Owen, Ellsworth, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCG2-L5Y : 18 February 2021), Joshua Owen in entry for Humphey Owen, 1860.