An undated photograph of Capt. Benjamin J. Evitts (1822-1909), a Civil War veteran, sitting on the porch of his son’s residence in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, while wearing his Grant Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) uniform.
For many years he lived in Gratz where he once served as postmaster.
On 30 March 1909, Capt. Evitts died in Specktown, He is buried at the Peace Cemetery in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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