Their sister, Sarah Jane Evans, married John A. Waits who is also buried here. John A. Waits grandson, Miles Monroe Doss is buried beside him.
Killed during Civil War and buried in fieldstone marked graves by their wives. In the photo posted here, their fieldstone marked graves are on the extreme right. (I have added writing in red on this photo to identify who is buried in these fieldstone marked graves) This information from a map drawn in 1972 from information given by Oakie & Ed Miller, caretakers of the cemetery for many years. (Click on photo to see names typed on it)
From: "Remote Cemetery Begins With Civil War Treachery" by Robert G. Winn 1980 -
..."Oakie Miller pointed to the knoll rising on the opposite side of the wide pasture and told how during the treacherous period of the War Between The States, two brothers named Evans and their young brides had settled on this plateau. The corn had been planted and grew head high when the brothers took up arms to fight on the Federal side of the conflict. The young wives were left alone to tend the crops and care for the livestock; but at the time of the tragedy their husbands had been allowed to come home on the few days' furlough to help with the crops.
The men were in the cornfield when horsemen approached from the south over the brow of the Brannon Mountain. They came from the rich valley of the Arkansas River which was Confederate territory. The bushwhackers or Southern sympathizers came to the mountaintop to destroy anyone or anything that might represent the Federal forces. They rode down the winding mountain road, the watered their horses at the free flowing spring in the little draw where the women kept their wash kettles and from which they carried water the short distance up the slope of their cabin on top of the hill.
Unseen by the two Union soldiers working peacefully in their corn field, the Rebels stalked until they were within rifle range and without warning, fired the two shots that felled both young husbands. Remounting their horses the bushwhackers were gone.
The sound of rifle fire brought the wives from their chores inside the cabine and out into the open where they caught glimpses of Confederate uniforms disappearing into the woodland. Turning toward the field where they knew their husbands were working, they saw the men lying on the groud, mortally wounded.
The distraught wives carried their husbands - brothers - into the protecting shade and did what they could to save them. Their efforts were useless; both died within hours. As was the customary procedure, they waited until nightfall before they went into the nearby forest across the road from the house and there dug shallow graves. They wrapped the bodies in homespun blankets and buried them beneath the oaks, covering the graves with rocks to prevent prowling animals from digging into them, and on top of the rocks piled fallen boughs and raked leaves as best they could to disguise the location from Confederate forces that might come by" ....
Killed during Civil War and buried in fieldstone marked graves by their wives. In the photo posted here, their fieldstone marked graves are on the extreme right. (I have added writing in red on this photo to identify who is buried in these fieldstone marked graves) This information from a map drawn in 1972 from information given by Oakie & Ed Miller, caretakers of the cemetery for many years. (Click on photo to see names typed on it)
From: "Remote Cemetery Begins With Civil War Treachery" by Robert G. Winn 1980 -
..."Oakie Miller pointed to the knoll rising on the opposite side of the wide pasture and told how during the treacherous period of the War Between The States, two brothers named Evans and their young brides had settled on this plateau. The corn had been planted and grew head high when the brothers took up arms to fight on the Federal side of the conflict. The young wives were left alone to tend the crops and care for the livestock; but at the time of the tragedy their husbands had been allowed to come home on the few days' furlough to help with the crops.
The men were in the cornfield when horsemen approached from the south over the brow of the Brannon Mountain. They came from the rich valley of the Arkansas River which was Confederate territory. The bushwhackers or Southern sympathizers came to the mountaintop to destroy anyone or anything that might represent the Federal forces. They rode down the winding mountain road, the watered their horses at the free flowing spring in the little draw where the women kept their wash kettles and from which they carried water the short distance up the slope of their cabin on top of the hill.
Unseen by the two Union soldiers working peacefully in their corn field, the Rebels stalked until they were within rifle range and without warning, fired the two shots that felled both young husbands. Remounting their horses the bushwhackers were gone.
The sound of rifle fire brought the wives from their chores inside the cabine and out into the open where they caught glimpses of Confederate uniforms disappearing into the woodland. Turning toward the field where they knew their husbands were working, they saw the men lying on the groud, mortally wounded.
The distraught wives carried their husbands - brothers - into the protecting shade and did what they could to save them. Their efforts were useless; both died within hours. As was the customary procedure, they waited until nightfall before they went into the nearby forest across the road from the house and there dug shallow graves. They wrapped the bodies in homespun blankets and buried them beneath the oaks, covering the graves with rocks to prevent prowling animals from digging into them, and on top of the rocks piled fallen boughs and raked leaves as best they could to disguise the location from Confederate forces that might come by" ....
Their sister, Sarah Jane Evans, married John A. Waits who is also buried here. John A. Waits grandson, Miles Monroe Doss is buried beside him.
Killed during Civil War and buried in fieldstone marked graves by their wives. In the photo posted here, their fieldstone marked graves are on the extreme right. (I have added writing in red on this photo to identify who is buried in these fieldstone marked graves) This information from a map drawn in 1972 from information given by Oakie & Ed Miller, caretakers of the cemetery for many years. (Click on photo to see names typed on it)
From: "Remote Cemetery Begins With Civil War Treachery" by Robert G. Winn 1980 -
..."Oakie Miller pointed to the knoll rising on the opposite side of the wide pasture and told how during the treacherous period of the War Between The States, two brothers named Evans and their young brides had settled on this plateau. The corn had been planted and grew head high when the brothers took up arms to fight on the Federal side of the conflict. The young wives were left alone to tend the crops and care for the livestock; but at the time of the tragedy their husbands had been allowed to come home on the few days' furlough to help with the crops.
The men were in the cornfield when horsemen approached from the south over the brow of the Brannon Mountain. They came from the rich valley of the Arkansas River which was Confederate territory. The bushwhackers or Southern sympathizers came to the mountaintop to destroy anyone or anything that might represent the Federal forces. They rode down the winding mountain road, the watered their horses at the free flowing spring in the little draw where the women kept their wash kettles and from which they carried water the short distance up the slope of their cabin on top of the hill.
Unseen by the two Union soldiers working peacefully in their corn field, the Rebels stalked until they were within rifle range and without warning, fired the two shots that felled both young husbands. Remounting their horses the bushwhackers were gone.
The sound of rifle fire brought the wives from their chores inside the cabine and out into the open where they caught glimpses of Confederate uniforms disappearing into the woodland. Turning toward the field where they knew their husbands were working, they saw the men lying on the groud, mortally wounded.
The distraught wives carried their husbands - brothers - into the protecting shade and did what they could to save them. Their efforts were useless; both died within hours. As was the customary procedure, they waited until nightfall before they went into the nearby forest across the road from the house and there dug shallow graves. They wrapped the bodies in homespun blankets and buried them beneath the oaks, covering the graves with rocks to prevent prowling animals from digging into them, and on top of the rocks piled fallen boughs and raked leaves as best they could to disguise the location from Confederate forces that might come by" ....
Killed during Civil War and buried in fieldstone marked graves by their wives. In the photo posted here, their fieldstone marked graves are on the extreme right. (I have added writing in red on this photo to identify who is buried in these fieldstone marked graves) This information from a map drawn in 1972 from information given by Oakie & Ed Miller, caretakers of the cemetery for many years. (Click on photo to see names typed on it)
From: "Remote Cemetery Begins With Civil War Treachery" by Robert G. Winn 1980 -
..."Oakie Miller pointed to the knoll rising on the opposite side of the wide pasture and told how during the treacherous period of the War Between The States, two brothers named Evans and their young brides had settled on this plateau. The corn had been planted and grew head high when the brothers took up arms to fight on the Federal side of the conflict. The young wives were left alone to tend the crops and care for the livestock; but at the time of the tragedy their husbands had been allowed to come home on the few days' furlough to help with the crops.
The men were in the cornfield when horsemen approached from the south over the brow of the Brannon Mountain. They came from the rich valley of the Arkansas River which was Confederate territory. The bushwhackers or Southern sympathizers came to the mountaintop to destroy anyone or anything that might represent the Federal forces. They rode down the winding mountain road, the watered their horses at the free flowing spring in the little draw where the women kept their wash kettles and from which they carried water the short distance up the slope of their cabin on top of the hill.
Unseen by the two Union soldiers working peacefully in their corn field, the Rebels stalked until they were within rifle range and without warning, fired the two shots that felled both young husbands. Remounting their horses the bushwhackers were gone.
The sound of rifle fire brought the wives from their chores inside the cabine and out into the open where they caught glimpses of Confederate uniforms disappearing into the woodland. Turning toward the field where they knew their husbands were working, they saw the men lying on the groud, mortally wounded.
The distraught wives carried their husbands - brothers - into the protecting shade and did what they could to save them. Their efforts were useless; both died within hours. As was the customary procedure, they waited until nightfall before they went into the nearby forest across the road from the house and there dug shallow graves. They wrapped the bodies in homespun blankets and buried them beneath the oaks, covering the graves with rocks to prevent prowling animals from digging into them, and on top of the rocks piled fallen boughs and raked leaves as best they could to disguise the location from Confederate forces that might come by" ....
