Mr D. H. Bevans was shot at Milford Depot by a Mr James Scott on 5 Nov 1864. He was removed to Richmond where he remained in Jno. W. Gill's room for several days receiving every attention from several ladies and the Railroad men. Believing he required better and more constant surgical attention, he was removed to the then Confederate States Officer's Hospital where it became necessary to amputate his arm just below the elbow. After suffering intensely for three weeks following the amputation, he died. While at the hospital, he received every attention from Mrs. Bragg (lady of one Supt.) Miss Knots, several other ladies, from Railroad men and from officers of the Militia Regiment of which he was an officer, several good surgeons, and the attention of a minister. Unfortunately, for all that was done, he died 1 Dec 1864. His funeral was provided in the Broad Street Methodist Church & through the kindness of a friend his remains were decently interred in a Section in the Shockae Hill Cemetery and marked "Shot by Scott". Mr. Scott, arrested shortly after the shooting & held to bail to await the result of the court. After Mr. Bevans' death Scott was tried before the County Court of Caroline County, but acquitted. The facts of the trial are known better by Mr. Wm Dick [Dix](his nephew) who was present at the trial.
Jno. W. Gill, appointed the administrator by the Court, conducted a sale of Bevans' personal possessions. The funds, all in Confederate money, per Bevans' request, were to be sent for the support of his orphaned children in Washington, DC, then residing in the household of Thomas Jefferson Galt and his wife, Mary Ann Hunter Galt (their mother's sister). Per his administrator, Bevans' chief concern during all his suffering was not for himself but for his dear children as he often spoke of them and of his relatives. A handwritten letter written by Mr. Gill detailing the circumstances of the shooting and events following, was a room mate of David Hudson Bevans and a conductor on the same railroad. The will is on file with Mr. Robert Howard, Clerk of the Hastings Court in Richmond, Vrginia.
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Daniel was the son of Jesse Bevans and Nancy "Anne" Joynes. He married Ellen Burland Hunter in Worcester, Maryland on 15 August 1850. They had at least three children, Fannie, Henry and Mary Ellen, before Ellen's death in 1860.
Jno. W. Gill, appointed the administrator by the Court, conducted a sale of Bevans' personal possessions. The funds, all in Confederate money, per Bevans' request, were to be sent for the support of his orphaned children in Washington, DC, then residing in the household of Thomas Jefferson Galt and his wife, Mary Ann Hunter Galt (their mother's sister). Per his administrator, Bevans' chief concern during all his suffering was not for himself but for his dear children as he often spoke of them and of his relatives. A handwritten letter written by Mr. Gill detailing the circumstances of the shooting and events following, was a room mate of David Hudson Bevans and a conductor on the same railroad. The will is on file with Mr. Robert Howard, Clerk of the Hastings Court in Richmond, Vrginia.
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Daniel was the son of Jesse Bevans and Nancy "Anne" Joynes. He married Ellen Burland Hunter in Worcester, Maryland on 15 August 1850. They had at least three children, Fannie, Henry and Mary Ellen, before Ellen's death in 1860.
Mr D. H. Bevans was shot at Milford Depot by a Mr James Scott on 5 Nov 1864. He was removed to Richmond where he remained in Jno. W. Gill's room for several days receiving every attention from several ladies and the Railroad men. Believing he required better and more constant surgical attention, he was removed to the then Confederate States Officer's Hospital where it became necessary to amputate his arm just below the elbow. After suffering intensely for three weeks following the amputation, he died. While at the hospital, he received every attention from Mrs. Bragg (lady of one Supt.) Miss Knots, several other ladies, from Railroad men and from officers of the Militia Regiment of which he was an officer, several good surgeons, and the attention of a minister. Unfortunately, for all that was done, he died 1 Dec 1864. His funeral was provided in the Broad Street Methodist Church & through the kindness of a friend his remains were decently interred in a Section in the Shockae Hill Cemetery and marked "Shot by Scott". Mr. Scott, arrested shortly after the shooting & held to bail to await the result of the court. After Mr. Bevans' death Scott was tried before the County Court of Caroline County, but acquitted. The facts of the trial are known better by Mr. Wm Dick [Dix](his nephew) who was present at the trial.
Jno. W. Gill, appointed the administrator by the Court, conducted a sale of Bevans' personal possessions. The funds, all in Confederate money, per Bevans' request, were to be sent for the support of his orphaned children in Washington, DC, then residing in the household of Thomas Jefferson Galt and his wife, Mary Ann Hunter Galt (their mother's sister). Per his administrator, Bevans' chief concern during all his suffering was not for himself but for his dear children as he often spoke of them and of his relatives. A handwritten letter written by Mr. Gill detailing the circumstances of the shooting and events following, was a room mate of David Hudson Bevans and a conductor on the same railroad. The will is on file with Mr. Robert Howard, Clerk of the Hastings Court in Richmond, Vrginia.
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Daniel was the son of Jesse Bevans and Nancy "Anne" Joynes. He married Ellen Burland Hunter in Worcester, Maryland on 15 August 1850. They had at least three children, Fannie, Henry and Mary Ellen, before Ellen's death in 1860.
Jno. W. Gill, appointed the administrator by the Court, conducted a sale of Bevans' personal possessions. The funds, all in Confederate money, per Bevans' request, were to be sent for the support of his orphaned children in Washington, DC, then residing in the household of Thomas Jefferson Galt and his wife, Mary Ann Hunter Galt (their mother's sister). Per his administrator, Bevans' chief concern during all his suffering was not for himself but for his dear children as he often spoke of them and of his relatives. A handwritten letter written by Mr. Gill detailing the circumstances of the shooting and events following, was a room mate of David Hudson Bevans and a conductor on the same railroad. The will is on file with Mr. Robert Howard, Clerk of the Hastings Court in Richmond, Vrginia.
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Daniel was the son of Jesse Bevans and Nancy "Anne" Joynes. He married Ellen Burland Hunter in Worcester, Maryland on 15 August 1850. They had at least three children, Fannie, Henry and Mary Ellen, before Ellen's death in 1860.
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