On this Memorial Day, it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the members of Nelson Evans' family who lost their lives in the service of their country.
Going back to the Revolutionary War, Nelson's great-great-great grandfather Jonathan Wadsworth was killed in the Battle of Saratoga on September 19, 1777. He had only been in the Army for a few months before his death. He was 48 years old.
Nelson's grandfather, Ephraim Evans joined the Union army in 1862 as a member of Company D of the Ohio 125th Regiment. By 1864 he had reached the rank of Captain. However, on June 27th of that year he was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia. On July 8th, he died of his wounds.
Charles Hopkins Evans, Nelson's older brother, was 18 when he joined Battery H of the First Battalion, Ohio Light Artillery (the same unit that his uncle Edwin Hopkins had been in during the Civil War) in 1898. serving in the Spanish American War. By 1900 he was Sgt. Evans of the 41st New York Regiment and in the Philippines. On March 12th, 1901, Charles was killed in battle.
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