Served in 29th USCT and Lib's bunkmate

John Owen was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in August 1781. A Democratic politician, he served several terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate before becoming governor from 1828-1830. He returned to Bladen County,… Read More

William E. Owen was born in Virginia in about 1790. A resident of Haywood County, Tennessee, he served as a justice of the peace. He later moved to Davidson County, Tennessee, where he died in March 1869.

Head Carpenter on the USS Roanoke 

William Arthur Oxentine was born on April 13, 1890 in Boone, North Carolina. Oxentine registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 but doesn't seem to have been called to service during the First World War. He died… Read More

William Carroll Oxentine was born on April 17th of 1887, 1889, or 1890, in Watauga County, North Carolina. Oxentine was a farmer in Watauga County when he was drafted into the army on May 9, 1918, for military… Read More

John Oxley (d. 1805) was a resident of Bertie County who served as the county's deputy sheriff in 1778. That year, the Edenton District Court of Oyer and Terminer requested that Oxley and… Read More