Christopher Evans Jr.
Rank: Wagoner, U.S. Army
Unit: Supply Company, 23rd Artillery Regiment
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey — Section 3, Site 203
Christopher Evans Jr. was born in April of 1896 to Christopher and Nellie Evans, probably in Stockton Township, NJ, which became a part of Camden in 1899. The elder Evans had been living in the area of 29th and Saunders Street in what is now East Camden in the 1880s and 1890s. When the Census was taken in 1900, the Evans family, which included a younger brother, John, lived at 3065 Cleveland Avenue in what is now known as the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
Christopher Evans was enlisted in the United States Army on April 27, 1917 at Fort Slocum, New York. He was initially assigned to Battery C, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, and was later reassigned to the Supply Company of the 23rd Artillery Regiment.
Wagoner Christopher Evans Jr., of North 29th and Saunders Streets, Camden, NJ, died on October 3, 1917 at Camp Sam Houston in Texas, reportedly from hemorrhages after being kicked by a mule. His father was living in Seaville, New Jersey at the time of his death. Christopher Evans was brought home to New Jersey and was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey.
Honor Roll Card
Camden County World War I Honor Roll card for Christopher Evans Jr.
Body of U. S. Soldier Unclaimed in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Man Had Enlisted Under Name of Christopher Evans, Jr., and Died in Texas
Shipped from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., the body of Christopher Evans, Jr., a private in the U. S. A., is at the office of the American Express Company in Camden awaiting a claimant. It had been consigned to Christopher Evans, Sr., of South Seaville, Cape May county, N. J., but when it was taken there no such person could be located. Word to this effect was sent the War Department, and the express company was informed that when young Evans enlisted he had given the South Jersey town as his native place. Efforts are being made to locate the father.