Father: Thomas Jefferson Evans
Mother: Sarah Francis McGuire

Spouse: Verdie Lou Roberson - b: 22/Jun/1880 - Ford City, Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
  d: 23/Mar/1969 - King City, Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO - bur: Ford City Cem.
  m: 18/Dec/1901 - Gentry Co., MO

Child-1: Dale Earl - b: 28/Nov/1902 - MO
                              d:  10/Feb/1980 - St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO - bur: King City Cem., Gentry Co.
                             m: Nelrose Berry - 1/Jan/1926 - King City, Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
          2: Helen Verda - b: 7/May/1904 - Ford City, Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO
                                    d: 19/Aug/1972 - Gentry Co., MO - bur: St. Columba Cem., Conception, Nodaway Co.
                                    m: John Patrick Cummins - 12/Oct/1922 - St. Peter's Ch., Stanberry, Gentry Co., MO
          3: Donald James - b: 22/May/1912 - Gentry Co., MO
                                      d: 26/Oct/1959 - Overland Park, Johnson Co., KS - bur: Johnson County Memorial Park
                                      m: Ruth Francis Smith - 22/Jun/1938

Biographical Details:

The oldest child of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah McGuire Evans was James Earl born July 28, 1879.  At that time, his parents were living in the "McGuire neighborhood" of Huggins Township in Gentry County, Missouri.  However, in the middle of the 1880's the family moved to a large farm in Miller Township located between the villages of Ford City and Gentryville.  Earl Evans married Verdie Lou Roberson in Gentry County on December 18, 1901.  They had three, viz., Dale, Helen, and Donald.  James Earl Evans was a farmer and in 1920 was living near Gentryville.  Moreover, his farm appears to have been at least a portion of the original land purchased by his father in 1899 from the estate of Elijah Johnson Miller (Uncle Jonse).¹   Even so, by 1930, he and his wife had moved into the town of Stanberry and were evidently living on Elm Street.  James Earl Evans died of pneumonia on October 21, 1937, in Lawrence, Kansas.  At that time, it would seem that his son and daughter-in-law were proprietors of a boarding house in Lawrence (possibly associated with the University of Kansas, but this is merely speculation).  His widow survived him more than thirty years and in 1940 was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Helen and John Cummins, in Jackson Township in Gentry County.  They are both buried in the Ford City Cemetery.

1. Anonymous, Plat Book of Gentry County, Missouri, W. W. Hixson & Co., Rockford, IL, 1930.  (Available electronically at digital.library.umsystem.edu)
     J. E. Evans: 1) Twp. 61 N; Rng. 31 W; Sec. 8; SW¼ of NW¼ - 40 acres.  2) Twp. 61 N; Rng. 31 W; Sec. 8;  E½ of NW¼ - 80 acres.  3) W½ of W½ of NE¼ - 40 acres.
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Additional Citations:

2. 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 236B, (microfilm: roll T624_781; img. 472).

3. 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 165B-166A, (microfilm: roll T625_919; imgs. 901-2).

4. 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 51B, (microfilm: roll T626_1188; img. 104).

5. 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC:  pgs. 141B-142A, (microfilm: roll T627_2106; imgs. 649-50).

6. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO:  Bk. 5, pg. 347, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37664; img. 320).

7. marriage notice: Darlington Record; Darlington, MO, Thur., Dec. 19, 1901.

8. marriage notice: Albany Ledger; Albany, MO, Fri., Dec. 20, 1901.

9. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll MO-1683214; img. 4345).

10. Ben Glick, "Ford City Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, www.dropbox.com/sh/slhfvw5i4zjmxft/AAAewbxHBhHPcfZ1_nBm5wxOa/FordCity.pdf?dl=0, 2014.)

11. Ford City Cemetery, Gentry County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1995084&CScn=Ford+City&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1434&, continuously updated).

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12. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO:  Bk. 9, pgs. 249 & 439, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 53447; imgs. 13 & 254).

13. Ben Glick,"King City Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, www.dropbox.com/sh/slhfvw5i4zjmxft/AADFHFKYeygjNy1x_AvsBUJga/KingCity.pdf?dl=0, 2014.)

14. St. Columba Cemetery, Nodaway County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2150561&CScn=St.+Columba&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1470&, continuously updated).

15. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.

16. Robert L. Evans, "Our Family's History", November 9, 2001, unpublished.

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