Obituary
The Quincy Daily Journal, Thursday, January 1, 1914; page 7.
Lincoln Guard Dead; Born 1839.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1. -- Col. Henry T. Bevans, civil war veteran and member of the secret service detail which was guarding President Lincoln on the night of his assassination, died at his home at St. Paul Tuesday. Col. Bevans, who occupied a theater box near President Lincoln on the night of the assassination, saw John Wilkes Booth enter the president's box and shouted a warning just as the assassin opened fire.
Col. Bevans was born in Marietta, Ill., in 1839. He served as mayor of Morris, Minn., and later was connected with the customs department. (Contributed by: Tree Leaf)
Obituary
The Quincy Daily Journal, Thursday, January 1, 1914; page 7.
Lincoln Guard Dead; Born 1839.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1. -- Col. Henry T. Bevans, civil war veteran and member of the secret service detail which was guarding President Lincoln on the night of his assassination, died at his home at St. Paul Tuesday. Col. Bevans, who occupied a theater box near President Lincoln on the night of the assassination, saw John Wilkes Booth enter the president's box and shouted a warning just as the assassin opened fire.
Col. Bevans was born in Marietta, Ill., in 1839. He served as mayor of Morris, Minn., and later was connected with the customs department. (Contributed by: Tree Leaf)
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