Private Elias P Owens

1822 - 1862  (40 years)

• Name	Elias P Owens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Private
  Birth	1822	North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  	Married to Sarah
  Military Service	17 Mar 1862	Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  	Confederate Army - War Between the States: Private; Company H; 28th North Carolina Infantry
  Death	29 Jul 1862	Battle Hospital, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
  	Typhoid Fever
  Burial	Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  	"Co H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA"
  		Burial-OWENS Elias Elias P Owens "Co H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA" -- Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore NC ~ Died of Typhoid in a Lynchburg VA hospital + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38115507/
  		Gold Family Cemetery Lattimore, Cleveland, North Carolina Find a Grave: #2309064
  Person ID	I23741	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gold,   b. 1814, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA d. 1864 (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F9686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1822 - North Carolina, USA Census - Married to Sarah - 1860 - Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA Military Service - Confederate Army - War Between the States: Private; Company H; 28th North Carolina Infantry - 17 Mar 1862 - Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Military Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor Killed in Action: American Service in the Civil War (Confederacy)

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-OWENS Elias Elias P Owens "Co H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA" -- Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore NC ~ Died of Typhoid in a Lynchburg VA hospital + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38115507/

  
  

• Sources

  [S361] Ancestry.com, U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina; Series Number: M270; Roll: 348. [S156] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;). [S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: M653_893; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 803893. 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: M653_893; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 803893 [S10457] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Civil War), OWENS Elias P - PVT Confederate Army - 1822-1862 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION). - Birth: 1822 - Death: 29 Jul 1862 (aged 39–40) - Burial: Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore, Cleveland County, North Carolina - Memorial ID: 38115507 "Co. H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA" Elias enlisted in the Confederate States Army at age 40, on 17 March 1862. He died of "Typhoid Fever" in the hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia, 29 July 1862, after only four months service with the Confederate Army. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38115507/elias-p.-owens Burial-OWENS Elias Elias P Owens "Co H ● 28 NC Inf ● CSA" -- Gold Family Cemetery, Lattimore NC ~ Died of Typhoid in a Lynchburg VA hospital + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38115507/ [S889] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;). U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963