Infomation obtained on this burial were found in the Gateway to Oklahoma History archives:
The Langston City Herald,Saturday March 7, 1896 the following article is written about Mr. J.A. Evans. The article can be found at OK Gateway
"When the grave digger of Summit View, Logan County, cemetery morning he found lying upon the ground where it had been dumped Friday, a rough pine box containing the body of J.A. Evans, an old soldier who died in the county hospital. The body had been exposed to the elements without any protection. There is much indignation over the matter".
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