Willie Christopher Evans
Page by Bob Leathers
Carbon Cemetery Plot for Caroline (Jones) Evans and Willie Christopher Evans (Image by Bob Leathers)
Life Story
1889 May 2: Willy Christopher Evans was born in Wales to John B. and Caroline (Jones) Evans
1894 December 11: Willie Christopher Evans died in Carbon, Wyoming and was buried there. He was 5 years, 7 months and 9 days old at the time of his death. (Headstone Carbon Cemetery)
Burned to Death
Last Monday afternoon while Willie Evans, the 4-year-old son of John Evans of Carbon, and another boy were playing together at Mr. Jackson's residence, the clothes of the Evan’s boy caught fire and while running, the flames were so fanned that the clothes on the front of his body were all burned off and the flesh so badly burned. He was so severely burned that at about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening he died from the effects. (Cheyenne Daily Leader, December 15, 1894)
Hanna Basin Death and Burial Records
Evans, Willie Christopher
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Son of John E.[B] and Caroline Evans, Born May 2, 1889, Died Dec. 11, 1894, We loved this little tender one and would have wished him stay But let our Father's will be done He shines in endless day."
Born: May 2, 1889
Died: Dec. 11, 1894
Age: 5 y's, 7 m's, 9 d's
Note: Burned to Death - Last Monday afternoon while Willie Evans, the 4-year-old son of John Evans of Carbon, and another boy were playing together at Mr. Jackson's residence, the clothes of the Evan’s boy caught fire and while running, the flames were so fanned that the clothes on the front of his body were all burned off and the flesh so badly burned. He was so severely burned that at about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening he died from the effects. (Cheyenne Daily Leader, December 15, 1894)
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Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Son of John E.[B] and Caroline Evans, Born May 2, 1889, Died Dec. 11, 1894, We loved this little tender one and would have wished him stay But let our Father's will be done He shines in endless day."
Born: May 2, 1889
Died: Dec. 11, 1894
Age: 5 y's, 7 m's, 9 d's
Note: Burned to Death - Last Monday afternoon while Willie Evans, the 4-year-old son of John Evans of Carbon, and another boy were playing together at Mr. Jackson's residence, the clothes of the Evan’s boy caught fire and while running, the flames were so fanned that the clothes on the front of his body were all burned off and the flesh so badly burned. He was so severely burned that at about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening he died from the effects. (Cheyenne Daily Leader, December 15, 1894)
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Carbon Cemetery Plot for Caroline (Jones) Evans and Willie Christopher Evans (Image by Bob Leathers)
Carbon Cemetery Plot for Caroline (Jones) Evans and Willie Christopher Evans (Image by Bob Leathers)