John Carville Bevans was born February 3, 1839 in Baltimore. He was only five years old when his father John Bevans died in April, 1844 at age 36 following a three-year long illness, possibly consumption (tuberculosis). Two years later, in August 1846, his mother Priscilla Bell Bevans, age 34, died, possibly having contracted the same disease. Their four orphaned children, Ann E (age 12), Susan Jane (age 11), John Carville (age 7) and William (age 4) were sent to live with relatives and neighbors. John Carville Bevans, at age 7 went to live with his mother’s brother William Bell on his farm near McCall’s Ferry on the Susquehanna River in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
John, who had learned the trade of bricklayer, at age 22 was working in Wilmington, North Carolina, when North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Civil War broke out.
On August 5, 1861, less that three months after North Carolina seceded,, he enlisted for 12 months as a corporal in the artillery battery known as The "Wilmington Horse Artillery". From the time the battery was accepted into state service until May 1862, when the 36th Regiment, NC Troops (2nd Regt, NC Artillery) was organized, the unit served as an independent unit and was officially designated as “Bunting’s Battery” after its Captain Samuel R. Bunting. The battery first went into camp at Camp Davis, Middle Sound, New Hanover County. In November-December 1861, it was moved to Camp Anderson in Wilmington where it remained until January 11, 1862, when it returned to Camp Davis at Middle Sound.
John C Bevans’s enlistment was extended for 3 years in March 1862. He was admitted to the CSA General Military Hospital No. 4 in Wilmington on February 28th, 1862 with typhoid fever. He was released and returned to duty on March 12. He may have remained in Wilmington, since it was during this time that he met and courted the 17 year old Catherine Loton Dixon . They were married on September 12, 1862 in Wilmington.
John C Bevans was promoted to Sergeant in May 1863. His entire company was transferred to the 10th Regiment NC State Troops (1st Regt, NC Artillery) in November 1863. The “Wilmington Horse Artillery” battery was now designated as 2nd Company I and also known as the “Southerland’s Battery” after the name of its new Captain, Thomas J. Southerland. Before the end of 1863, the battery was ordered to North East, NC where it remained through February 1864. Some personnel may have remained longer. According to his muster records, Sgt. John C Bevans was on detached duty at North East in May-June 1864.
John Carville Bevans was captured within Union lines on January 15, 1865 during the final hours of the Battle of Fort Fisher. He was taken prisoner to the Union Army’s Fort Monroe. Upon swearing and subsribing to the Oath of Amnesty and Allegiance at Fort Monroe on February 4, 1865, he was released to return to Baltimore.
John and Catherine moved to Baltimore where they started a family, with John continuing his work as a brick mason. Their first son, John Henry Bevans was born in 1866. Their second son, Willam Carville Bevans, called “Willie” as a child, was born two years later on July 21,1868. The family, including newborn infant James Monroe Bevans was living in Baltimore City’s 6th Ward, an area located mostly between Fayette Street and Gay Street and west of Canal Stret (now Central Avenue). By the time of the 1880 census, three more children had been added to the Bevans family. Laura Virginia, age 7 (born May 28, 1873; Samuel Oliver, age 5 (born October 13, 1875) and Charles Painter Bevans, known as “Dick”, age 1 (born November 28, 1878). The family had also moved and was living at 250 North Wolf Street, just south of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore City.
The family may have moved after 1880 or already had a summer place on or near the water at Rocky Point in the Essex area of Baltimore County.. Their son, Robert Hodgers Bevans, born January 28 1881,listed his birthplace as Rocky Point in Baltimore County on his World War II Draft Card. Two of the older childern, James Monroe, and Samuel Oliver also later told their childiren that they had been born and raised at Rocky Point. On June 19, 1890, the John C Bevans family were listed as members or St Clement's Chapel ,one of two mission chapels of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead.. St. Clements was located on Philadelphia Rd. in the Rosedale/Essex area.
By 1890, the family was now complete with the birth of Rosa Lena Bevans. known as “Rosie” was born May 30, 1885, and Nellie was born October 27, 1888,. Tragically, Nellie, age 3, died from accidental poisoning. Her funeral was held at St. Thomas Church and she was buried on October 23, 1891 at Baltimore Cemetery in the same plot where John's mother is buried.
In June 1891, the family was living at 1512 Oliver Street, east of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore City and had transferred their membership to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead. Their baptisms were reported to the Episcopal Convention. John was later elected a vestryman and junior warded of the chuch. John Carville Bevans died at age 55 on November 14, 1894 of consumption and was buried on November 17, 1894 at Baltimore Cemetery beside his mother and his youngest daughter Nellie.
Following John’s death, his widow Kate was living at in Baltimore at 51 Jackson St. (later renamed Abbotson St) with children Dick, Laura, Robert, and Rosie. By 1910, she has moved to the home of son William at 303 Gorsuch Avenue and by 1920 had moved with William’s family to Homestead
Street. She later moved to Centerville, Virginia to live with daughter Laura Virginia Bevans Powers. Catherine Loton Dixon Bevans died at the age of 80 on February 1926 and is buried at St Johns Episcopal Church, on Mt. Gilead Rd in Centerville, Virginia
John, who had learned the trade of bricklayer, at age 22 was working in Wilmington, North Carolina, when North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Civil War broke out.
On August 5, 1861, less that three months after North Carolina seceded,, he enlisted for 12 months as a corporal in the artillery battery known as The "Wilmington Horse Artillery". From the time the battery was accepted into state service until May 1862, when the 36th Regiment, NC Troops (2nd Regt, NC Artillery) was organized, the unit served as an independent unit and was officially designated as “Bunting’s Battery” after its Captain Samuel R. Bunting. The battery first went into camp at Camp Davis, Middle Sound, New Hanover County. In November-December 1861, it was moved to Camp Anderson in Wilmington where it remained until January 11, 1862, when it returned to Camp Davis at Middle Sound.
John C Bevans’s enlistment was extended for 3 years in March 1862. He was admitted to the CSA General Military Hospital No. 4 in Wilmington on February 28th, 1862 with typhoid fever. He was released and returned to duty on March 12. He may have remained in Wilmington, since it was during this time that he met and courted the 17 year old Catherine Loton Dixon . They were married on September 12, 1862 in Wilmington.
John C Bevans was promoted to Sergeant in May 1863. His entire company was transferred to the 10th Regiment NC State Troops (1st Regt, NC Artillery) in November 1863. The “Wilmington Horse Artillery” battery was now designated as 2nd Company I and also known as the “Southerland’s Battery” after the name of its new Captain, Thomas J. Southerland. Before the end of 1863, the battery was ordered to North East, NC where it remained through February 1864. Some personnel may have remained longer. According to his muster records, Sgt. John C Bevans was on detached duty at North East in May-June 1864.
John Carville Bevans was captured within Union lines on January 15, 1865 during the final hours of the Battle of Fort Fisher. He was taken prisoner to the Union Army’s Fort Monroe. Upon swearing and subsribing to the Oath of Amnesty and Allegiance at Fort Monroe on February 4, 1865, he was released to return to Baltimore.
John and Catherine moved to Baltimore where they started a family, with John continuing his work as a brick mason. Their first son, John Henry Bevans was born in 1866. Their second son, Willam Carville Bevans, called “Willie” as a child, was born two years later on July 21,1868. The family, including newborn infant James Monroe Bevans was living in Baltimore City’s 6th Ward, an area located mostly between Fayette Street and Gay Street and west of Canal Stret (now Central Avenue). By the time of the 1880 census, three more children had been added to the Bevans family. Laura Virginia, age 7 (born May 28, 1873; Samuel Oliver, age 5 (born October 13, 1875) and Charles Painter Bevans, known as “Dick”, age 1 (born November 28, 1878). The family had also moved and was living at 250 North Wolf Street, just south of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore City.
The family may have moved after 1880 or already had a summer place on or near the water at Rocky Point in the Essex area of Baltimore County.. Their son, Robert Hodgers Bevans, born January 28 1881,listed his birthplace as Rocky Point in Baltimore County on his World War II Draft Card. Two of the older childern, James Monroe, and Samuel Oliver also later told their childiren that they had been born and raised at Rocky Point. On June 19, 1890, the John C Bevans family were listed as members or St Clement's Chapel ,one of two mission chapels of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead.. St. Clements was located on Philadelphia Rd. in the Rosedale/Essex area.
By 1890, the family was now complete with the birth of Rosa Lena Bevans. known as “Rosie” was born May 30, 1885, and Nellie was born October 27, 1888,. Tragically, Nellie, age 3, died from accidental poisoning. Her funeral was held at St. Thomas Church and she was buried on October 23, 1891 at Baltimore Cemetery in the same plot where John's mother is buried.
In June 1891, the family was living at 1512 Oliver Street, east of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore City and had transferred their membership to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead. Their baptisms were reported to the Episcopal Convention. John was later elected a vestryman and junior warded of the chuch. John Carville Bevans died at age 55 on November 14, 1894 of consumption and was buried on November 17, 1894 at Baltimore Cemetery beside his mother and his youngest daughter Nellie.
Following John’s death, his widow Kate was living at in Baltimore at 51 Jackson St. (later renamed Abbotson St) with children Dick, Laura, Robert, and Rosie. By 1910, she has moved to the home of son William at 303 Gorsuch Avenue and by 1920 had moved with William’s family to Homestead
Street. She later moved to Centerville, Virginia to live with daughter Laura Virginia Bevans Powers. Catherine Loton Dixon Bevans died at the age of 80 on February 1926 and is buried at St Johns Episcopal Church, on Mt. Gilead Rd in Centerville, Virginia
John Carville Bevans was born February 3, 1839 in Baltimore. He was only five years old when his father John Bevans died in April, 1844 at age 36 following a three-year long illness, possibly consumption (tuberculosis). Two years later, in August 1846, his mother Priscilla Bell Bevans, age 34, died, possibly having contracted the same disease. Their four orphaned children, Ann E (age 12), Susan Jane (age 11), John Carville (age 7) and William (age 4) were sent to live with relatives and neighbors. John Carville Bevans, at age 7 went to live with his mother’s brother William Bell on his farm near McCall’s Ferry on the Susquehanna River in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
John, who had learned the trade of bricklayer, at age 22 was working in Wilmington, North Carolina, when North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Civil War broke out.
On August 5, 1861, less that three months after North Carolina seceded,, he enlisted for 12 months as a corporal in the artillery battery known as The "Wilmington Horse Artillery". From the time the battery was accepted into state service until May 1862, when the 36th Regiment, NC Troops (2nd Regt, NC Artillery) was organized, the unit served as an independent unit and was officially designated as “Bunting’s Battery” after its Captain Samuel R. Bunting. The battery first went into camp at Camp Davis, Middle Sound, New Hanover County. In November-December 1861, it was moved to Camp Anderson in Wilmington where it remained until January 11, 1862, when it returned to Camp Davis at Middle Sound.
John C Bevans’s enlistment was extended for 3 years in March 1862. He was admitted to the CSA General Military Hospital No. 4 in Wilmington on February 28th, 1862 with typhoid fever. He was released and returned to duty on March 12. He may have remained in Wilmington, since it was during this time that he met and courted the 17 year old Catherine Loton Dixon . They were married on September 12, 1862 in Wilmington.
John C Bevans was promoted to Sergeant in May 1863. His entire company was transferred to the 10th Regiment NC State Troops (1st Regt, NC Artillery) in November 1863. The “Wilmington Horse Artillery” battery was now designated as 2nd Company I and also known as the “Southerland’s Battery” after the name of its new Captain, Thomas J. Southerland. Before the end of 1863, the battery was ordered to North East, NC where it remained through February 1864. Some personnel may have remained longer. According to his muster records, Sgt. John C Bevans was on detached duty at North East in May-June 1864.
John Carville Bevans was captured within Union lines on January 15, 1865 during the final hours of the Battle of Fort Fisher. He was taken prisoner to the Union Army’s Fort Monroe. Upon swearing and subsribing to the Oath of Amnesty and Allegiance at Fort Monroe on February 4, 1865, he was released to return to Baltimore.
John and Catherine moved to Baltimore where they started a family, with John continuing his work as a brick mason. Their first son, John Henry Bevans was born in 1866. Their second son, Willam Carville Bevans, called “Willie” as a child, was born two years later on July 21,1868. The family, including newborn infant James Monroe Bevans was living in Baltimore City’s 6th Ward, an area located mostly between Fayette Street and Gay Street and west of Canal Stret (now Central Avenue). By the time of the 1880 census, three more children had been added to the Bevans family. Laura Virginia, age 7 (born May 28, 1873; Samuel Oliver, age 5 (born October 13, 1875) and Charles Painter Bevans, known as “Dick”, age 1 (born November 28, 1878). The family had also moved and was living at 250 North Wolf Street, just south of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore City.
The family may have moved after 1880 or already had a summer place on or near the water at Rocky Point in the Essex area of Baltimore County.. Their son, Robert Hodgers Bevans, born January 28 1881,listed his birthplace as Rocky Point in Baltimore County on his World War II Draft Card. Two of the older childern, James Monroe, and Samuel Oliver also later told their childiren that they had been born and raised at Rocky Point. On June 19, 1890, the John C Bevans family were listed as members or St Clement's Chapel ,one of two mission chapels of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead.. St. Clements was located on Philadelphia Rd. in the Rosedale/Essex area.
By 1890, the family was now complete with the birth of Rosa Lena Bevans. known as “Rosie” was born May 30, 1885, and Nellie was born October 27, 1888,. Tragically, Nellie, age 3, died from accidental poisoning. Her funeral was held at St. Thomas Church and she was buried on October 23, 1891 at Baltimore Cemetery in the same plot where John's mother is buried.
In June 1891, the family was living at 1512 Oliver Street, east of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore City and had transferred their membership to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead. Their baptisms were reported to the Episcopal Convention. John was later elected a vestryman and junior warded of the chuch. John Carville Bevans died at age 55 on November 14, 1894 of consumption and was buried on November 17, 1894 at Baltimore Cemetery beside his mother and his youngest daughter Nellie.
Following John’s death, his widow Kate was living at in Baltimore at 51 Jackson St. (later renamed Abbotson St) with children Dick, Laura, Robert, and Rosie. By 1910, she has moved to the home of son William at 303 Gorsuch Avenue and by 1920 had moved with William’s family to Homestead
Street. She later moved to Centerville, Virginia to live with daughter Laura Virginia Bevans Powers. Catherine Loton Dixon Bevans died at the age of 80 on February 1926 and is buried at St Johns Episcopal Church, on Mt. Gilead Rd in Centerville, Virginia
John, who had learned the trade of bricklayer, at age 22 was working in Wilmington, North Carolina, when North Carolina seceded from the Union and the Civil War broke out.
On August 5, 1861, less that three months after North Carolina seceded,, he enlisted for 12 months as a corporal in the artillery battery known as The "Wilmington Horse Artillery". From the time the battery was accepted into state service until May 1862, when the 36th Regiment, NC Troops (2nd Regt, NC Artillery) was organized, the unit served as an independent unit and was officially designated as “Bunting’s Battery” after its Captain Samuel R. Bunting. The battery first went into camp at Camp Davis, Middle Sound, New Hanover County. In November-December 1861, it was moved to Camp Anderson in Wilmington where it remained until January 11, 1862, when it returned to Camp Davis at Middle Sound.
John C Bevans’s enlistment was extended for 3 years in March 1862. He was admitted to the CSA General Military Hospital No. 4 in Wilmington on February 28th, 1862 with typhoid fever. He was released and returned to duty on March 12. He may have remained in Wilmington, since it was during this time that he met and courted the 17 year old Catherine Loton Dixon . They were married on September 12, 1862 in Wilmington.
John C Bevans was promoted to Sergeant in May 1863. His entire company was transferred to the 10th Regiment NC State Troops (1st Regt, NC Artillery) in November 1863. The “Wilmington Horse Artillery” battery was now designated as 2nd Company I and also known as the “Southerland’s Battery” after the name of its new Captain, Thomas J. Southerland. Before the end of 1863, the battery was ordered to North East, NC where it remained through February 1864. Some personnel may have remained longer. According to his muster records, Sgt. John C Bevans was on detached duty at North East in May-June 1864.
John Carville Bevans was captured within Union lines on January 15, 1865 during the final hours of the Battle of Fort Fisher. He was taken prisoner to the Union Army’s Fort Monroe. Upon swearing and subsribing to the Oath of Amnesty and Allegiance at Fort Monroe on February 4, 1865, he was released to return to Baltimore.
John and Catherine moved to Baltimore where they started a family, with John continuing his work as a brick mason. Their first son, John Henry Bevans was born in 1866. Their second son, Willam Carville Bevans, called “Willie” as a child, was born two years later on July 21,1868. The family, including newborn infant James Monroe Bevans was living in Baltimore City’s 6th Ward, an area located mostly between Fayette Street and Gay Street and west of Canal Stret (now Central Avenue). By the time of the 1880 census, three more children had been added to the Bevans family. Laura Virginia, age 7 (born May 28, 1873; Samuel Oliver, age 5 (born October 13, 1875) and Charles Painter Bevans, known as “Dick”, age 1 (born November 28, 1878). The family had also moved and was living at 250 North Wolf Street, just south of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore City.
The family may have moved after 1880 or already had a summer place on or near the water at Rocky Point in the Essex area of Baltimore County.. Their son, Robert Hodgers Bevans, born January 28 1881,listed his birthplace as Rocky Point in Baltimore County on his World War II Draft Card. Two of the older childern, James Monroe, and Samuel Oliver also later told their childiren that they had been born and raised at Rocky Point. On June 19, 1890, the John C Bevans family were listed as members or St Clement's Chapel ,one of two mission chapels of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead.. St. Clements was located on Philadelphia Rd. in the Rosedale/Essex area.
By 1890, the family was now complete with the birth of Rosa Lena Bevans. known as “Rosie” was born May 30, 1885, and Nellie was born October 27, 1888,. Tragically, Nellie, age 3, died from accidental poisoning. Her funeral was held at St. Thomas Church and she was buried on October 23, 1891 at Baltimore Cemetery in the same plot where John's mother is buried.
In June 1891, the family was living at 1512 Oliver Street, east of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore City and had transferred their membership to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Homestead. Their baptisms were reported to the Episcopal Convention. John was later elected a vestryman and junior warded of the chuch. John Carville Bevans died at age 55 on November 14, 1894 of consumption and was buried on November 17, 1894 at Baltimore Cemetery beside his mother and his youngest daughter Nellie.
Following John’s death, his widow Kate was living at in Baltimore at 51 Jackson St. (later renamed Abbotson St) with children Dick, Laura, Robert, and Rosie. By 1910, she has moved to the home of son William at 303 Gorsuch Avenue and by 1920 had moved with William’s family to Homestead
Street. She later moved to Centerville, Virginia to live with daughter Laura Virginia Bevans Powers. Catherine Loton Dixon Bevans died at the age of 80 on February 1926 and is buried at St Johns Episcopal Church, on Mt. Gilead Rd in Centerville, Virginia
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Interred 17 Nov 1894 at age 55 in same plot with mother Priscilla Bell Bevans and others. Grave marker not found
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