Parents: Lewis Evans & Euince Reynolds
He was married in 1857 to S. Marie White, He was also a lawyer, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Masons
Info came from the "Texas State Historical Association"
Marcus Legrand Evans
~1831 - October 19, 1862
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Mustered into Company C at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861. Elected Captain. Suffered from spinal infection and kidney problems during autumn 1861. Identified by Frank Batchelor as the man who killed the Union soldier who killed Colonel Terry on December 17, 1861. Furloughed after April 8, 1862 due to illness, likely to return to TX.
Returned from furlough by June 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by October 1862. Received mortal wound, a gunshot to the head, at Perryville, KY on October 8, 1862. Died in Union hospital at Harrodsburg, KY on October 19, 1862.
Buried in Masonic Lot.
He was married in 1857 to S. Marie White, He was also a lawyer, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Masons
Info came from the "Texas State Historical Association"
Marcus Legrand Evans
~1831 - October 19, 1862
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Mustered into Company C at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861. Elected Captain. Suffered from spinal infection and kidney problems during autumn 1861. Identified by Frank Batchelor as the man who killed the Union soldier who killed Colonel Terry on December 17, 1861. Furloughed after April 8, 1862 due to illness, likely to return to TX.
Returned from furlough by June 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by October 1862. Received mortal wound, a gunshot to the head, at Perryville, KY on October 8, 1862. Died in Union hospital at Harrodsburg, KY on October 19, 1862.
Buried in Masonic Lot.
Parents: Lewis Evans & Euince Reynolds
He was married in 1857 to S. Marie White, He was also a lawyer, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Masons
Info came from the "Texas State Historical Association"
Marcus Legrand Evans
~1831 - October 19, 1862
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Mustered into Company C at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861. Elected Captain. Suffered from spinal infection and kidney problems during autumn 1861. Identified by Frank Batchelor as the man who killed the Union soldier who killed Colonel Terry on December 17, 1861. Furloughed after April 8, 1862 due to illness, likely to return to TX.
Returned from furlough by June 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by October 1862. Received mortal wound, a gunshot to the head, at Perryville, KY on October 8, 1862. Died in Union hospital at Harrodsburg, KY on October 19, 1862.
Buried in Masonic Lot.
He was married in 1857 to S. Marie White, He was also a lawyer, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Masons
Info came from the "Texas State Historical Association"
Marcus Legrand Evans
~1831 - October 19, 1862
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Mustered into Company C at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861. Elected Captain. Suffered from spinal infection and kidney problems during autumn 1861. Identified by Frank Batchelor as the man who killed the Union soldier who killed Colonel Terry on December 17, 1861. Furloughed after April 8, 1862 due to illness, likely to return to TX.
Returned from furlough by June 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by October 1862. Received mortal wound, a gunshot to the head, at Perryville, KY on October 8, 1862. Died in Union hospital at Harrodsburg, KY on October 19, 1862.
Buried in Masonic Lot.
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Marcus L. Evans
Capt. C. 8 Tex Cav
Oct. 19, 1862
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