Cenotaph Memorial

This Soldiers Memorial is a cenotaph for Henderson County soldiers who died in the Civil War. His actual burial is in Olena Cem Henderson Cty, IL #11235260.

59th Regt. ILL Inft. Co. B

See below for his actual grave site in IL
George Evans

If this memorial gets merged with another, would you please consider transferring it to me, Dhutson # 48788569. I would greatly appreciate it.

On 7/4/19 with the help of Find A Grave I created a cenotaph memorial cemetery for The Soldiers' Monument of Henderson County. It is located in Oquawka, Henderson Cty, IL. Unfortunately on 8/23/19 because of an unnamed find a grave member who didn't think it should exist, this memorial has been deleted and all 200 of my memorials are now listed as unknown burials. Per FAG rules it didn't meet the criteria for being a cenotaph. So I have now created a virtual cemetery for the soldiers and on each memorial I have tried to located the actual burial and family members of the soldier.

Source: History of Mercer And Henderson Counties pgs 1410-1414.
W.W. Webster of Muscatine Iowa was selected to construct the monument that was finished in October of 1874. On the monument is inscribed , on it's four sides, 200 names of soldiers in Henderson County who fell in the field or died in the service of their country. The monument was erected by the private liberality of the people; subscriptions varied from $5 to $50. The cost was $3,300. The location is in the center of a beautiful enclosed park, planted to deciduous and evergreen trees, comprised in lots 1, 4, and 5, block 4 Swartz' addition, donated by John McKinney Sr., for many years a resident and business man of Oquawka. this handsome work is not more a monument to the glorious dead of Henderson County than to the affection, gratitude, generosity and patriotism of the happy and intelligent living.
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Thanks to my sister BKage #48921676 for the photographs of the monument.

Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995

Name: George W Evans
Rank: Private
Company: B
Unit: 59th Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 6
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: GRAY
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1841
Birth Place: Henderson CO, IL
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 20
Service Entry Date: 17 Jul 1861
Service Entry Place: Young America, IL
Joined By Whom: CPT PAINE
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 17 Jul 1861
Muster In Place: St Louis, IL
Remarks: KILLED IN ACTION AT PEA RIDGE ARK MAR 7, 1862
Residence Place: Olena, Henderson CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
URL: http://www.ilsos.gov/isavetera...

Home in 1850: Township 10 N 5 W, Henderson, Illinois, USA
John Evans 53
Sarah Evans 23 (his 2nd wife)
Domas Evans 25
Hamilton Evans 22
John Evans 19
Herman Evans 13
George W Evans 10
Elisabeth Evans 0
James A Cross 9
Mary A Mills 2 (Sarah's dau)

Thanks to No Reins # 46595053 for Veteran designation 5/24/23.