Wilson B. [Bruce] Evans
Title
Wilson B. [Bruce] Evans
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Section
Lot
Grave
07
First Name
Middle Name
B. [Bruce]
Last Name
Relationship
Brother of Henry Evans (I-095-03); husband of Sarah Jane Leary Evans (C-36-06)
Birth Date
1824
Birth: Year
Death Date
1898
Death: Year
Gender
Veteran Y/N
Military Service
Number of Persons on Marker
Composition
Condition
Shape
State
Legibility
Good
Dimension: Height
15 inches
Dimension: Width
12 inches
Inscription
"Co. D. / 178 Ohio Inf."
Source of Information
Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data
Comments
[Military marker]
Biographical Information
According to Burton W. Nesbitt, volunteer Lorain County coordinator for the National Graves Registration Project of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, he served as a private, enlisted on 8/30/1864, and was discharged on 6/29/1865 ("Mustered out with company."). For more information on the Evans and Leary families, see William E. Bigglestone, They Stopped in Oberlin: Black Residents and Visitors of the Nineteenth Century (Scottsdale, Ariz.: Innovation Group, 1981), pp. 69-73.
Burial Date from Printout
09/19/1898
Burial: Month
Burial: Day
19
Burial: Year
Lot Owner
Evans, Wilson B.
Date Transcribed
09/06/2001
Default Latitude
41.28331484
Default Longitude
-82.23566085
Default Zoom Level
20
Collection
Citation
“Wilson B. [Bruce] Evans,” Westwood Database, accessed May 16, 2024, https://www.oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/57405.