William Evans, son of John and Susan Evans, mustered out with Company B, July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, California. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS' new Company A, at Los Angeles, California, 20 July 1847. Honorably discharged 14 March 1848, San Diego, California. His age at re-enlistment was 29, giving a birth year of 1818. He was struck and killed by lightning in 1858 at the age of 40.
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p. 139-140
Caring For the Dead -- Beaver County
At the time Beaver City was settled in 1856, the president of the Relief Society and the sisters took care of the dead. They washed and laid out the women and children and called on the men to assist with male members. The sisters made the clothing for all of the dead. They usually met at one of the homes where there was a sewing machine. Sarah Woolsey was one of the main seamstresses for many years. The caskets were made by the local carpenters from native lumber. It was the custom that coffins for older people be covered with black and for the younger children they were covered with white canton flannel.
Two years after the settlement of Beaver the cemetery site was selected and surveyed. The ten-acre plot of bench land was [p.140] in the northeast outskirts of the city, with an additional strip of land on the east side purchased for future use. For many years Beaver's cemetery was dry and barren, with graves made in mound fashion and marked by headboards or headstones of sandstone which had been obtained from the mountains east of Buckhorn. These stones were cut and lettered by a stonecutter named Milo Andrus. For many years small fences surrounded family plots to protect the graves from wandering animals. In 1880 a tall picket fence of native lumber was built around the cemetery by William Bakes and Charles Stoney. The main entrance gates were placed on the west center with turning gates on each side, also at the north and south sides of the cemetery. Formerly in these places there were steps or stiles for pedestrians to enter.
The inscription on the headstone of the first grave in the cemetery read: "Bonfield Thimblebee, born Cambridgeshire, England, August 20, 1806; Died, January 9, 1858." Another marker shows that William Evans, who was killed by lightning, was buried in 1858. In 1872, Lieutenant William Willis, who was a member of the Mormon Battalion, was buried. His grave and that of his son had identical brown sandstone markers. Many of the monuments were the work of James Boyter and his son, H. K. Boyter. They located a marble quarry west of Frisco, Utah. The stone was brought by wagon to their shop where it was cut, polished and lettered. — D.U.P. Files
Mormon Battation, Company B
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p. 139-140
Caring For the Dead -- Beaver County
At the time Beaver City was settled in 1856, the president of the Relief Society and the sisters took care of the dead. They washed and laid out the women and children and called on the men to assist with male members. The sisters made the clothing for all of the dead. They usually met at one of the homes where there was a sewing machine. Sarah Woolsey was one of the main seamstresses for many years. The caskets were made by the local carpenters from native lumber. It was the custom that coffins for older people be covered with black and for the younger children they were covered with white canton flannel.
Two years after the settlement of Beaver the cemetery site was selected and surveyed. The ten-acre plot of bench land was [p.140] in the northeast outskirts of the city, with an additional strip of land on the east side purchased for future use. For many years Beaver's cemetery was dry and barren, with graves made in mound fashion and marked by headboards or headstones of sandstone which had been obtained from the mountains east of Buckhorn. These stones were cut and lettered by a stonecutter named Milo Andrus. For many years small fences surrounded family plots to protect the graves from wandering animals. In 1880 a tall picket fence of native lumber was built around the cemetery by William Bakes and Charles Stoney. The main entrance gates were placed on the west center with turning gates on each side, also at the north and south sides of the cemetery. Formerly in these places there were steps or stiles for pedestrians to enter.
The inscription on the headstone of the first grave in the cemetery read: "Bonfield Thimblebee, born Cambridgeshire, England, August 20, 1806; Died, January 9, 1858." Another marker shows that William Evans, who was killed by lightning, was buried in 1858. In 1872, Lieutenant William Willis, who was a member of the Mormon Battalion, was buried. His grave and that of his son had identical brown sandstone markers. Many of the monuments were the work of James Boyter and his son, H. K. Boyter. They located a marble quarry west of Frisco, Utah. The stone was brought by wagon to their shop where it was cut, polished and lettered. — D.U.P. Files
Mormon Battation, Company B
William Evans, son of John and Susan Evans, mustered out with Company B, July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, California. Re-enlisted in Captain DAVIS' new Company A, at Los Angeles, California, 20 July 1847. Honorably discharged 14 March 1848, San Diego, California. His age at re-enlistment was 29, giving a birth year of 1818. He was struck and killed by lightning in 1858 at the age of 40.
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p. 139-140
Caring For the Dead -- Beaver County
At the time Beaver City was settled in 1856, the president of the Relief Society and the sisters took care of the dead. They washed and laid out the women and children and called on the men to assist with male members. The sisters made the clothing for all of the dead. They usually met at one of the homes where there was a sewing machine. Sarah Woolsey was one of the main seamstresses for many years. The caskets were made by the local carpenters from native lumber. It was the custom that coffins for older people be covered with black and for the younger children they were covered with white canton flannel.
Two years after the settlement of Beaver the cemetery site was selected and surveyed. The ten-acre plot of bench land was [p.140] in the northeast outskirts of the city, with an additional strip of land on the east side purchased for future use. For many years Beaver's cemetery was dry and barren, with graves made in mound fashion and marked by headboards or headstones of sandstone which had been obtained from the mountains east of Buckhorn. These stones were cut and lettered by a stonecutter named Milo Andrus. For many years small fences surrounded family plots to protect the graves from wandering animals. In 1880 a tall picket fence of native lumber was built around the cemetery by William Bakes and Charles Stoney. The main entrance gates were placed on the west center with turning gates on each side, also at the north and south sides of the cemetery. Formerly in these places there were steps or stiles for pedestrians to enter.
The inscription on the headstone of the first grave in the cemetery read: "Bonfield Thimblebee, born Cambridgeshire, England, August 20, 1806; Died, January 9, 1858." Another marker shows that William Evans, who was killed by lightning, was buried in 1858. In 1872, Lieutenant William Willis, who was a member of the Mormon Battalion, was buried. His grave and that of his son had identical brown sandstone markers. Many of the monuments were the work of James Boyter and his son, H. K. Boyter. They located a marble quarry west of Frisco, Utah. The stone was brought by wagon to their shop where it was cut, polished and lettered. — D.U.P. Files
Mormon Battation, Company B
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p. 139-140
Caring For the Dead -- Beaver County
At the time Beaver City was settled in 1856, the president of the Relief Society and the sisters took care of the dead. They washed and laid out the women and children and called on the men to assist with male members. The sisters made the clothing for all of the dead. They usually met at one of the homes where there was a sewing machine. Sarah Woolsey was one of the main seamstresses for many years. The caskets were made by the local carpenters from native lumber. It was the custom that coffins for older people be covered with black and for the younger children they were covered with white canton flannel.
Two years after the settlement of Beaver the cemetery site was selected and surveyed. The ten-acre plot of bench land was [p.140] in the northeast outskirts of the city, with an additional strip of land on the east side purchased for future use. For many years Beaver's cemetery was dry and barren, with graves made in mound fashion and marked by headboards or headstones of sandstone which had been obtained from the mountains east of Buckhorn. These stones were cut and lettered by a stonecutter named Milo Andrus. For many years small fences surrounded family plots to protect the graves from wandering animals. In 1880 a tall picket fence of native lumber was built around the cemetery by William Bakes and Charles Stoney. The main entrance gates were placed on the west center with turning gates on each side, also at the north and south sides of the cemetery. Formerly in these places there were steps or stiles for pedestrians to enter.
The inscription on the headstone of the first grave in the cemetery read: "Bonfield Thimblebee, born Cambridgeshire, England, August 20, 1806; Died, January 9, 1858." Another marker shows that William Evans, who was killed by lightning, was buried in 1858. In 1872, Lieutenant William Willis, who was a member of the Mormon Battalion, was buried. His grave and that of his son had identical brown sandstone markers. Many of the monuments were the work of James Boyter and his son, H. K. Boyter. They located a marble quarry west of Frisco, Utah. The stone was brought by wagon to their shop where it was cut, polished and lettered. — D.U.P. Files
Mormon Battation, Company B
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