EVANS, Elizabeth d. 1845

EVANS

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 1/20/2002 at 07:34:51

The Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa

July 27, 1845
Obituary
Died on the 12th July inst, at the residence of her son, Lyman EVANS, Esq,
at Linwood, near DeWitt, Clinton Co, Iowa, Mrs. Elizabeth EVANS, aged 92.
Mrs. Evans was a native of Cambridge, Mass and in her younger days was a
spectator and participator in the opening scenes of the Revolution. She
distinctly recollected at her very advanced age, the minutest incidents of
these spirit-stirring days. She heard the thunder of the artillery, as it
rolled peal after peal from Bunker's awful mount. Saw the volumes of smoke
and flame that rose from the devoted village of Charlestown, and shared in
all the intense and painful excitement of the spectators of that sanguinary
conflict. She was a woman of exemplary habits and was highly esteemed by all
who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance and a large circle of friends
and relatives will long cherish the memory of those amiable traits of
character by which she was distinguished.