Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Elias L. Stevens - Pvt - Co E - 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin
Residence, Linden, Wisconsin; Enlisted, 30Aug1862
Mustered out, 31May1865
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Honor Roll of State of Illinois, Illinois Veteran's Commission, Oct 1, 1956:
Stevens, Elias L. - Pvt - Co E - 12 WI Inf
Died, 01Oct1879; Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will Co, IL, Block 18
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Headstone Reading, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will Co, IL, Block 18:
STEVENS
(one very large stone - Section 7, grave 8)
(east side of stone) (north side of stone) Elias L. Stevens Louise E. Childs
Born April 28, 1828 in Saratoga County, N.Y. Born July 9, 1848 at Sturbridge, Mass.
Enlisted in Co. E 12th WIS INF August 30, 1862 Died March 2, 1876
Mustered Out May 31, 1865
Died at Joliet, Ill September 11, 1889
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Pamelia C. wife of E.L. Stevens Infant Dau. of F.D. and T. A. Lauer
Born September 20, 1831 April 16, 1924
Died March 2, 1876
(west side of stone) (south side of stone)
James H. Stevens Frances C. Stevens
Born July 20, 1829 Wife of Elias L. Stevens
Died May 15, 1866 Born November 13, 1845 in Sturbridge, Mass.
--- Died at Joliet, Ill
Ezra Stevens March 12, 1900
Born December 2, 1800
Died May 9, 1877
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Updated: 19 June 2008