Father: Drewery Evans
Mother: Theodocia Jacobs
Spouse: Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Richards - b: 25/Dec/1820
- KY
m: ~1842 - Casey Co., KY
d: 18/Apr/1900 - Casey
Co., KY - bur: Evans Cem.
Child-1: Thomas Green - b: 28/May/1845 - Casey Co., KY
d: 6/Nov/1921 - Casey Co., KY - bur: Green River Valley Separate
Baptist Church Cem.
m: Mary Anna McDonald - 2/Apr/1883 - Casey Co., KY
2: Drury
J. - b: 2/Nov/1847 - Casey Co., KY
d: 20/Jun/1891 - KY - bur: Evans Cem., Casey Co.
m: Dorinda A. Thomas - 1/Jan/1873 - Casey Co., KY
3: James
W. - b: 1849 - Casey Co., KY
d: 22/Mar/1923 - Casey Co., KY - bur: Green River Valley Separate
Baptist Church Cem.
m: Nancy Allen - 8/Feb/1869 - Casey Co., KY - div: ~1875
m: Luvena ***** - ~1890
4: (unnamed
son) - b: 11/Jun/1852 - Casey Co., KY - nra: 1852
5: Elisha
Calvin - b: 9/Jun/1854 - Casey Co. KY
d: 23/May/1940 - Central State Hosp., Jefferson Co, KY
- bur: Evans Cem., Casey Co.
m: Delilah A. Taylor - 24/Sep/1884 - Lincoln Co., KY
6: Benjamin
Franklin
7: Martha
- b: 1857 - nra: 1870
8: Izobella
- b: 4/Jul/1859 - Casey Co., KY
d: 7/Jan/1952 - Cincinnati, OH - bur: Oak Hill Cem., Glendale,
OH
m: George Welby Morris - 19/Jan/1882 - Casey Co., KY
m: James A. Thomas - 11/Jul/1884 - Liberty, Casey Co., KY
9: John
Floyd - b: Jul/1861 - Casey Co., KY
d: 11/Apr/1942 - Casey Co., KY - bur: Green River Valley Separate
Baptist Church Cem.
m: Julia Belle Morris - 28/Dec/1881 - Casey Co., KY - m: Mary
Peevler
Biographical Details:
William Roy Evans was born to Drewery and Theodocia Jacobs Evans on July 6, 1814, in Overton County, Tennessee. He was the third of their surviving children. Presumably, his childhood was spent with his family in Tennessee and Kentucky and, perhaps, for a short time around 1830 in Illinois. In the 1840's, he evidently moved as a member of his parents' household to Casey County, Kentucky, where he seems to have remained for the rest of his life. It is likely that William Roy Evans and Elizabeth Ann Richards were married in Casey County about 1842 or 1843. As indicated by Casey County census records of 1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910, they were the parents of eight known children, viz., Thomas Green, Drury, James, Elisha Calvin, Benjamin Franklin, Martha, Izobella (Isabella), and John Floyd, all born between 1845 and 1865. Within this context, it appears that Martha did not survive to adulthood and that John Floyd and his wife had no children. Benjamin apparently moved to Missouri as a young man and Izobella with her second husband moved to Cincinnati after the turn of the century, but the others and their families evidently remained in Casey County.1,2 Accordingly, Kentucky Land Patent No. 12036 was issued July 20, 1848, and granted William R. Evans fifty acres along Honey Locust Branch and Riffe Creek.3 As noted elswhere, this indicates a location on the northern side of the Green River downstream from Dunnville and near the Casey-Adair County boundary. However, later census records seem to indicate that William Roy and Elizabeth Richards Evans lived on the south side of the Green River, probably near Phil or Dunnville. This is further supported by the veterans schedule of the 1890 US Census which indicates an address of Phil for Thomas G. Evans, oldest son of William Roy and Elizabeth Evans.4 Elizabeth Richards Evans died April 18, 1900, after which, as indicated by the population schedule of the 1900 US Census, William R. Evans, aged eighty-five, was living in the household of his son, Elisha Calvin Evans. William Roy Evans died in Casey County on August 6, 1901, and is buried with his wife in the Evans Cemetery, which reportedly is located on the Bob Wesley farm.Source Notes and Citations:
1. There is abundant circumstantial evidence that Benjamin Franklin Evans, son of William Roy and Elizabeth Richards Evans, settled in Gentry County, Missouri, sometime in the late 1870's. (His published obituary implies that he moved from Kentucky in 1878 or 1879.) Within this context, he definitely appears in the population schedule of the 1870 US Census for Casey County as a fourteen year old boy living in his father's household, but is not found in any subsequent census and civil records in Kentucky. Concomitantly, an unmarried young man, B. F. Evans, age twenty-three, was resident in Athens Township, Gentry County, according to the 1880 US Census population schedule. Moreover, this individual cannot be identified in any preceding census or civil records for Gentry County. Furthermore, according to the 1900 US Census for Gentry County, the household of Benjamin F. Evans, consisting of his wife, Jennie H., and seven minor children aged three months to fourteen years, appear to have been living in rural Huggins Township. Among other things, individuals were asked in the 1900 census to state their place of birth, the places of birth of their parents, and their month and year of birth. In answer to these questions, Benjamin F. Evans apparently stated that he was born in Kentucky in February of 1856 and that his father and mother were born in Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively, which is in exact accord with his identification as the fifth surviving child of William Roy and Elizabeth Ann Evans. Subsequently, census records of 1910 and 1920 indicate that the household of Benjamin F. Evans remained resident in Huggins Township and that two more children, a boy and a girl, were born before 1910.
Additionally, Elizabeth Ann Richards Evans, mother of Benjamin F. Evans, is known to have had a younger brother, James Richards, born in Casey County on February 2, 1827, who migrated in 1849 with his wife, Milley Haynes Richards, to Gentry County shortly after their marriage that same year. Subsequent records indicate that several children were born to James and Milley Richards, that this family remained resident in Gentry County throughout most of the last half of the nineteenth century, and that James Richards died in Gentry County on May 11, 1910. (His wife having previously died on November 26, 1896.) Of course, James Richards was a maternal uncle to the children of William Roy and Elizabeth Ann Evans. Therefore, it is quite plausible that Benjamin F. Evans would have chosen to move to Gentry County because he already had close relatives living there. (Moreover, there is a coincidence of birthdays, i.e., February 2, which one might suppose could have led to particular personal affinity between James Richards and his nephew, Benjamin F. Evans, but this is merely a speculation.)
Without further corroboration, none of the preceding could be considered to be conclusive, however, the death certificate of Benjamin F. Evans definitively states that he was born in Casey County, Kentucky, and that he was the son of William Evans. In addition, his birth date is stated as February 2, 1858, rather than 1856 and, thus, does not agree with the 1900 census population schedule or family tradition. Even so, such mistakes in age for older individuals, either by intention or negligence, are not uncommon, therefore, this does not seem to be a serious discrepancy. Indeed, in the 1910 Gentry County population schedule, the age of Benjamin Evans was given as fifty-two, which also implies a birth year of 1858 and would further suggest that he, perhaps, understated his age intentionally. In any case, the preponderance of the evidence would seem to provide clear and definitive proof that Benjamin F. Evans of Gentry County was the son of William Roy and Elizabeth Ann Evans of Casey County.
Obviously, John T. Evans, who had also moved to Gentry County from Casey County about 1850, was a paternal uncle of Benjamin F. Evans, but he had died in 1860 some eighteen or nineteen years prior to Benjamin's arrival. Even so, all six of John's children, i.e., Benjamin's first cousins, lived contemporaneously with him in Gentry County but, strangely, do not seem to have been well acquainted with their cousin from Kentucky or even to have known that he and his children were their relatives. Various explanations of this are possible, the simplest one being that the six Evans children were essentially left as orphans knowing very little about their father's family. Alternatively, it is plausible that there may have been some estrangement between the brothers, William Roy and John T. Evans, which, perhaps, might have arisen out of the settlement of their father's estate, but nothing of this kind is definitively known. Of course, only further research can provide answers to the questions suggested by this situation. (unpublished notes)a. James and Milley Richards and their seven children, viz., Mary W., Thomas G., Louisa, Christopher, Bertha, Dexter, and Charles, can be identified from Gentry County census records. (1850 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 237B, (microfilm: roll M432_399; img. 463); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 745, (microfilm: roll M653_620; img. 100); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 599A, (microfilm: roll M593_776; img. 417); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 504A, (microfilm: roll T9_687; img. 339).)
b. According to an obituary of James Richards, his four surviving children were: Mrs. Thomas R. Magee and Crit, Deck, and Charles Richards, all of Gentry County. (obituary: The Albany Ledger; Albany, MO, Fri., May 13, 1910.)
back to bio.2. A detailed descendancy for the family of William Roy Evans is constructed below from civil, census, and cemetery records:
First Generation
William Roy Evans, born 6 Jul 1814 in Overton Co., TN, died 6 Aug 1901, buried Evans Cem., Casey Co., KY; married Elizabeth Ann Richards, born 25 Dec 1820 in KY, died 18 Apr 1900, buried Evans Cem., Casey Co., KY. It is believed that they were married in Casey County about 1842.
1. Thomas Green Evans, born 26 May 1845 in Casey Co., KY, died 6 Nov 1921 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married on 2 Apr 1883 in Casey Co., KY, Mary Anna McDonald, born 14 Aug 1865 in KY, died 4 Feb 1959, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY.*The precise birth date of Elisha Calvin Evans remains uncertain, although numerous sources affirm that he was born in June of 1854. In particular, his death certificate asserts a date of June 7. In contrast, his tombstone affirms a birth date of June 9. Moreover, an existing birth register in Casey County recorded the birth of a son to William and Betsy Richards Evans on June 11, 1852; however, the name of the child was not recorded. It is plausible that this was Elisha Calvin and that, as was not uncommon in the nineteenth century, his birth date was not recalled accurately by himself or others within the family. Alternatively, this record more likely indicates the birth of a child that did not survive infancy, but if so then Elisha Calvin's birth was not recorded (again, not unusual in nineteenth century civil records).
2. Drury J. Evans, born 2 Nov 1847 in Casey Co., KY, died 20 Jun 1891 in Casey Co., KY, buried Evans Cem.; married Dorinda A. Thomas, born 4 Feb 1856 in KY, died 25 May 1928 in Cedar Co., MO, buried in Mt. Hope Cem., Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS.
3. James W. Evans, born ~1849 in KY, died 22 Mar 1923 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married (1) on 8 Feb 1869 in Casey Co., KY, Nancy Allen, born ~1841 in KY, divorced about 1875; married (2) in ~1890, Luvena *****, born Jun 1854 in KY.
4. Elisha Calvin Evans, born 9 Jun 1854* in Casey Co., KY, died 23 May 1940 in Casey Co., KY, buried Evans Cem.; married on 24 Sep 1884 in Lincoln Co., KY, Delilah A. Taylor, born 20 Mar 1862 in Taylor Co., KY, died 29 Jul 1908 in Casey Co., KY, buried Evans Cem.
5. Benjamin Franklin Evans, born 2 Feb 1856 in Casey Co., KY, died 27 Jul 1943 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, buried Henton Cem., Gentry Co.; married Jennie H. Ferguson, born Nov 1863 in Marion Co., TN, died 16 Mar 1932 in Gentry Co., MO, buried Henton Cem., Gentry Co.
6. Martha Evans, born 1857, probably died before 1880.
7. Izobella Evans, born 4 Jul 1859** in Casey Co., KY, died 7 Jan 1952 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, buried Oak Hill Cem.; married (1) on 19 Jan 1882, George Welby Morris, died ~1883 in Casey Co., KY; married (2) on 11 Jul 1884 in Casey Co., KY, James A. Thomas, born 18 Mar 1860 or 15 Mar 1861 in Casey Co., KY, died 20 Jul 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, buried Oak Hill Cem.
8. John Floyd Evans, born Jul 1860 in Casey Co., KY, died 11 Apr 1942 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married on 28 Dec 1881 in Casey Co., KY, Julia Belle Morris, born 29 Apr 1858 in Casey Co., KY, died 2 May 1929 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.
**Tim Mattingly, a great-grandson of James A. and Izobella Evans Morris Thomas, identified the exact location of their graves as Section A #4331; Grave #96; Oak Hill Cemetery; Glendale, Hamiliton Co., OH. In addition, he states the birth date of Izobella Evans as July 4, 1859, which is presumably inscribed on her tombstone. However, this is in conflict with Casey County census records of 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 which uniformly indicate her birth year as 1863. The reason for such a discrepancy is unknown, and, moreover, the later year would, perhaps, seem more probable from chronological considerations. Nevertheless, since Mr. Mattingly personally knew Izobella Thomas and her daughter, Dolly Dunham Thomas, quite well, the 1859 date should be accepted until definitively proven otherwise.Second Generation
1. Thomas Green Evans was born and apparently spent his entire life in Casey County, Kentucky. In the Civil War, he served as a private in Company I of the Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry which was organized at Columbia in neighboring Adair County in late 1863. It was a loyal Union regiment and provided security in the border region of Kentucky and Tennessee. Thomas remained unmarried until he was nearly forty years old and according to the US Census population schedule of 1880 was then living in his father's household. His occupation was indicated as "preacher" although no denomination was specified, although it is probable that he was a conservative Baptist. Even so, subsequent census records indicate that he was also a farmer living in the vicinity of Dunnville. Thomas Green Evans married Mary Anna (Mollie) McDonald in 1883. She was evidently more than twenty years his junior. Thomas died in 1921 and it is believed that his widow remarried "Mr. Southerland", but his identity remains uncertain Even so, when she died in 1959, she was buried with her first husband in the Green River Separate Baptist Church Cemetery. Many members of the extended Evans family are also buried in this cemetery. (The church and cemetery are located about three and one half miles north northeast of Dunnville on Green River Valley Road.)
1-1. Winter S. Evans, born 18 Nov 1883 in KY; married Jennie *****. They had Harriett I. and Dorothy M. Evans.# "Roland J. Evans, 88 Roland Johnce Evans of Rt. 8, Liberty, died October 2, 1980 at Casey County Hospital. He was 88 years old.
1-2. Lucy B. Evans, born 28 Dec 1885 in KY, died 3 Nov 1970, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY; married in 1915, Benjamin Franklin Terry, born 4 May 1883, died 19 Mar 1959, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY.
1-3. Marion G. Evans, born 16 Jan 1888 in Casey Co., KY, died 2 Aug 1936, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY. Does not appear to have married.
1-4. James Welby Evans, born 12 Nov 1889 in Casey Co., KY, died 11 Aug 1971, Morgan Co., IL, buried Diamond Grove Cem., Jacksonville, IL, married 11 Mar 1920, Alice Taylor, born 1 May 1900 in Chilhowie Ford, Smyth Co., VA, died 3 May 1987 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, buried Diamond Grove Cem. They had Daniel H., Larry, and Doris A. Evans.
1-5. Roland Johnson (Johnce) Evans#, born 7 Nov 1891 in Casey Co., KY, died 2 Oct 1980 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married (1) Malissa Jane Bell, born 17 Sep 1889 in Casey Co, KY, died 11 Dec 1940 in Casey Co. KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem. They had Clara A., James R., Rena, Christine, Calvin Franklin and Kenneth Evans; married (2) Mrs. Mittie Brown. According to draft records, in 1917 Johnson Evans was resident with his wife and two children at 2327 Maryland, Ave., Cincinnati, OH.
He was born in Casey County on November 7, 1891 to Greenville and Mary McDonald Evans, both deceased. He was married to Melissa Bell who preceded him in death. His second wife, Mittie Brown, survives.
He is also survived by: three sons, James of Versailles, Franklin of Harrodsburg and Kenneth of Versailles; three daughters, Mrs. Clara Evans, Mrs. Rena Richardson and Mrs. Christine Shell, all of Liberty; two stepsons, Johnny Brown and Ray Brown, both of Indiana; one stepdaughter, Dorothy Mitchum of Cincinnati and 32 grand children and 59 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, October 4 at Bartle Funeral Home. Burial was at Green River Valley Cemetery." (obituary: The Casey County News, Liberty, KY, Wed. Oct. 8, 1980.)a. "The people who lived in the counties of Eastern-Southern Kentucky from Green river to the Tennessee border were largely Unionists, and were made the prey of bands of Confederate rangers as well as suffered from the movements of the larger Confederate organizations. It was necessary for them to organize for their self-defense. They had rallied to the standards of Wolford, Hoskins, Ward, Hobson and others, but the regiments which were at first raised had gone to the front and were fighting for the Union on distant battlefields. There was need for troops at home, and, in fact a man could find greater safety in an armed organization than at his home. The condition of affairs led to the formation of a regiment at Columbia, Ky., beginning in the summer of 1863; it was organized by Col. J.W. Weatherford, who had been a major in the 8th Ky. Cavalry, and it became the 13th Ky. Cavalry. The men were familiar with the country of Eastern-Southern Kentucky, and the regiment was employed mainly in that section. The regiment went at once into active duty even while in process of formation, and before it was mustered into service, which was December 23, 1863. In September and October it was engaged in protecting the country from Lebanon southward. October 29th seven companies were sent after the Richardson raiders. They marched seventy-five miles in fourteen hours, surprised Richardson, and ran him across the Cumberland. October 31st four companies were at Columbia and one at Lebanon, the others at other points. December 6th three scouting parties of one hundred men each were sent out, one to cross Cumberland river at Creelsboro, one at Celina, and one at Burksville. They were to meet at Livingston, Tenn. The movements were successful. Fifteen of the raiding enemies called guerrillas were killed and twenty-three captured, and their horses taken.
December 31st the 13th was in Gen. Hobson's department of Southern-Central Kentucky. It remained in his command for a number of months. March 23, 1864, the regiment still being on duty in the same station, Gen. Hobson reported that some of its men under Maj. Rigney had fought with Col. Hamilton on Cumberland river, and captured him and twelve of his gang.
May 14, 1864, Col. Weatherford reported from Burksville that he had encountered the enemy at Wolfe river losing two men killed, and others wounded, and captured eight prisoners, including a captain. During the summer the 13th was brigaded in the brigade of Col. Clinton J. True in Hobson's division.
When Morgan raided the state in June, 1864, from Pound Gap and made his way to Cynthiana where he was routed and scattered, the 13th was on duty at Lebanon for the protection of that section.
August 27, 1864, the 13th was at point Burnside; August 31, 1864, it was brigaded with the 35th Ky., Col. Starling, and 40th Ky., Col. True, in the 1st Brigade (Gen. Hobson), of Gen. McLean's division. September 16th the 13th was ordered to concentrate at Mt. Sterling with the other troops under Gen. Hobson, Col. John Mason Brown, Col. Hanson and others, for the expedition to Saltville, Va. It participated in this campaign and was engaged in all its severe fighting and hard marching. In the battle at Saltville the 13th lost four men killed and thirteen wounded. Returning from this expedition the 13th was at Mt. Sterling, Lexington and Crab Orchard. December 17, 1864, Gen. McLean ordered the regiment to Camp Nelson. It remained there on duty until January 10, 1865, when it was mustered out on account of expiration of term of service.
The service of the 13th was over fifteen months, and the entire time was spent in active work; it engaged in numberless skirmishes and some severe engagements. It never failed to perform every duty required, and had the absolute confidence of the commanding officers." (Charlene Moore (tr), "Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry", The Department of Military Affairs, Military Records and Research Branch, 1121 Louisville Road, Pine Hill Plaza, Frankfort, KY, 40601-6169, www.unionregimentsofkentucky.com/thomasspeed/cavalry/13kycav.html, 2005.)b. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, The Dyer Pub. Co., Des Moines, IA, 1908: Vol. 3, pg. unk. (reprinted by T. Yoseloff, New York, NY, 1959.)
"Organized at Columbia, Ky., December 22, 1863. Attached to District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, to January, 1865.
SERVICE---Duty at Lebanon and protecting country south of Lebanon until June, 1864. Cumberland River, Ky., November 26, 1863. Creelsborough and Celina December 7. Cumberland River March 19, 1864. Obey's River March 28 (Detachment). Expedition to Obey's River April 18-20. Wolf River May 18. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 30. Cynthiana June 12. Liberty June 17. Canton and Roaring Springs August 22. At Camp Burnside August 26-September 16. Ordered to Mt. Sterling September 16. Burbridge's Expedition into Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Saltsville, Va., October 2. At Mt. Sterling, Lexington and Crab Orchard, Ky., until December 17. At Camp Nelson, Ky., until January 10, 1865. Mustered out January 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 9 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 83 Enlisted men by disease. Total 94."c. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll M386_9). (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)
d. Marriage Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY: Bk. 1, pg. 135, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #0591587-0591590 and #1942728, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
e. Children of Thomas G. and Mary McDonald Evans can be identified from Casey County census records. (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 96B, (microfilm: roll T623_514; img. 628); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 232A, (microfilm: roll T624_470; img. 466); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 245B, (microfilm: roll T625_562; img. 494).)
f. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll IL-1614435; imgs. 2512, 2515, & 2518 & roll OH-1819889; img. 1955).
g. Death Certificates, Cabinet for Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (Death Certificate No. 568, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7020624; img. 573)).
h. Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1987549&CScn=Green+River&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1011&, continuously updated).
2. Drury J. Evans married Dorinda A. Thomas on New Years Day in 1873 in Casey County, Kentucky. (Her name is alternatively spelled "Darinda" in civil records.) They apparently continued to live in Casey County after their marriage. Unfortunately, Drury died at only the age of forty-three in 1891 and was buried in the Evans Cemetery. The cause of his death is not known. Evidently, after her husband's death it would seem that Dorinda moved to Cass County, Missouri, and was living with two daughters on East Pearl Street in the town of Harrisonville at the time the census was taken in 1900. Concomitantly, it is known that there were other members of the extended Evans family living contemporaneously in this locality. The population schedule further indicates that she kept boarders, presumably to support herself and her daughters and that she was the mother of four children, three of whom remained living. Subsequently, Dorinda Thomas Evans married William H. Rich about 1912 or 1913. It was also his second marriage and they were living with children and step-children on East Mechanic Street in Harrisonville in 1920. His occupation was given as "policeman". Dorinda, again a widow, died on May 25, 1928, in the town of El Dorado Springs. Four children can be attributed to Drury and Dorinda Evans with reasonable confidence.
2-1. Scott H. Evans, born 20 Nov 1874 in Casey Co., KY; married on 10 Dec 1893 in Casey Co., KY, Nancy J. Henson.#* Malinda Henson was the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton and James Edward Tyler (J. E. T.) Henson. Civil records affirm that in 1898 she married Oscar Evans, who apparently died about 1899. Concomitantly, there is a Casey County marriage record that indicates that Oscar's brother, Scott, married Nancy J. Henson in 1893. Moreover, Malinda, indeed, had an older sister, Nancy, who plausibly could be identified as Scott's wife. Even so, in the population schedule of 1900 Nancy A. Henson, single and age twenty-three years, was listed as resident in the household of her widowed mother, Sarah E. Henson, along with her younger brother, Joseph F. Henson, her widowed sister Malinda Evans, and nephew, Clell Arthur Evans. Therefore, it would seem that Nancy Henson Evans should not be identified as the sister of Malinda Henson Evans. Nevertheless, it is probable that they were relatives since the extended Henson family was quite numerous in Casey County at the turn of the twentieth century.
2-2. Oscar Lee Evans, born ~Aug-Sep 1879 in KY, died ~1899; married on 26 Mar 1898 in Casey Co., KY, Malinda Henson#*, born Nov 1879 in KY. They had Clell Arthur Evans.
2-3. Ida B. Evans, born Oct 1881 in KY.
2-4. Stella Evans, born 4 Feb 1887 in Casey Co., KY, died 14 Feb 1943 in State Hospital No. 3, Vernon Co., MO. She evidently never married.i. Marriage Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY: Bk. 1, pg. 100, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #0591587-0591590 and #1942728, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
j. Birth Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY, 1874, pg. 5, (Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 994032; img. 56) (Bonnie A. Parker (tr), Casey County KYGenWeb Archives, www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/casey/1874_Births.htm, 2007).
k. Children of Drury and Dorinda Thomas Evans can be identified from Casey and Cass County census records. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pgs. 670A-B, (microfilm: roll T9_408; imgs. 620-1); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Cass County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 104B, (microfilm: roll T623_846; img. 772); & 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Cass County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 164A, (microfilm: roll T624_770; img. 929).)
l. Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 16489 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO & Death Certificate No. 11725 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).
3. James W. Evans and Nancy Allen were married in 1869. She seems to have been several years older than he was. This marriage does not appear to have been a success. According to the population schedule of the 1870 US Census for Casey County, Nancy Evans was living apart from her husband and with a small child in the household of her parents, James and Susan Allen. That this arrangement continued is evident from the 1880 population schedule which listed Nancy and Clementine Evans, ages thirty-nine and ten, respectively, as daughter and granddaughter of James and Susan Allen. In addition, Nancy's martial status was specifically indicated as divorced. Concomitantly, there seems to have been no listing of James W. Evans himself in census records of either 1870 or 1880. The reason for this cannot be determined with any certainty; however, the scandal and opprobrium associated with divorce was severe in nineteenth century society and it is probable that he assumed a very "low profile" within the community or was away from Casey County altogether. In any case, James W. Evans remarried about 1890 to Luvena *****, but her maiden name remains unknown. They appeared as a married couple in subsequent population schedules and do not seem to have had any children of their own. Within this context, one might suspect that family researchers have confused and conflated various facts and that the husbands of Nancy and Luvena Evans were really two different individuals. Nevertheless, in the population schedule of the 1910 census, James W. Evans explicitly stated that he had been married twice, thus, supporting the proposed identification. However, he seems to have given his age inconsistently in various census records, ehich, as such, imply that he could have been born at any date between 1850 and 1853. Even so, James had been included as a year old child in the population schedule of the 1850 US Census for Casey County which almost certainly indicates that he was born prior to this in 1848 or 1849. Likewise, he was quite variable as to his occupation, which in 1900 he gave as "minister" and in 1910 and 1920 as "merchant" in a grocery store. James W. Evans died in Casey County in 1923.
3-1. Clementine Evans##, born ~Jan-Feb 1870 in KY.## In the 1870 population schedule she was indicated as a male of four months named "Clement L.". In contrast, in 1880 it is evident that she was, in fact, a female then ten years old. Of course, due to the nineteenth century custom of dressing male and female infants in identical clothing it seems likely that the earlier census record was in error.m. Marriage Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY: Bk. 1, pg. 93, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #0591587-0591590 and #1942728, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
n. Details of the life of James W. Evans are based on interpretation of corresponding Casey County census records. (1870 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 247A, (microfilm: roll M593_454; img. 493); 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 675A, (microfilm: roll T9_408; img. 630); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 44B, (microfilm: roll T623_514; img. 524); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 234B, (microfilm: roll T624_470; img. 471); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 177B, (microfilm: roll T625_562; img. 358).)
4. Elisha Calvin Evans and Delilah A. Taylor were married in neighboring Lincoln County, Kentucky, but evidently lived in Casey County after their marriage, although they may have relocated for a short time in Gentry County, Missouri, since their son, James Redford, indicated that he had been born in this locality when he registered for the draft in 1917 (an assertion also supported by census records). Moreover, this is conclusively confirmed by archived civil records which indicate that E. C. and Delilah Taylor Evans had an unnamed son in Gentry County on May 21, 1889. A total of ten children have been attributed to them (although they probably had eleven because in 1900 Delilah indicated an additional child who was then deceased and, therefore, having died young is otherwise unknown). Throughout his life, Elisha Calvin, who seems to have been known familiarly as "Calvin", was a successful farmer living in the vicinity of Dunnville, where he apparently remained until a few days before his death in 1940.
4-1. Claude Jefferson Evans§, born 4 Mar 1888 in Casey Co., KY, died 16 Nov 1969, at Danville, Boyle Co., KY, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY; married (1) on 21 Feb 1915, Monie or Ona Crockett, born 18 May 1894 in Casey Co., KY, died 17 Dec 1921 in Casey Co., KY, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem.. They had Hugo and Cleo Evans. Married (2) on 24 Aug 1924 in Casey Co., KY, Martha H. Rodgers, born 114 Jun 1898 in Casey Co., KY, died 8 Feb 1967 in Casey Co., KY, buried Combest Cem. They had Harold, Robert Earl, James Hubert, and Mary Christine or Lillie Evans. Claud was buried with his first wife, Ona, but also is named on the tombstone of his second wife, Martha.§ "Claud Evans Funeral At Salem on Tuesday Funeral servies for Claud Jefferson Evans, 81, were held at the Salem Church on Tuesday afternoon of this week. Rev. Jesse Davis officiated.
4-2. James Redford Evans, born 21 May 1889 in Gentry Co., MO. According to draft records, in June of 1917 he was apparently married and working as a soap cutter at the Globe Soap Co. in St. Bernard, OH.
4-3. Asa Wells Evans§*, born 7 Feb 1890 in Casey Co., KY, died 18 Mar 1986 in Greensburg, Green Co. KY, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY; married on 27 Feb 1916, Ida B. Patton, born 16 Aug 1897, died 18 Aug 1987, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY. They had Eula Mae, Wilbert, Vivian, Bernice, George, Delilah, Margaret, Dolly, Asa, Jr., Winfrey, Betty, and Beuford Evans.
4-4. Wilford Ernest Evans§#, born 2 May 1892 in Casey Co., KY, died 22 Apr 1968 in Danville, Boyle Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY; married (1) on 2 Nov 1913, Mittie Cloe Bell, born 4 Jun 1892 in KY, died 24 Jul 1926, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.,Casey Co., KY. They had Ruth, Ralph, and Lillian Evans. Married (2) on 29 Jan 1927, Monta Propes, born 21 Feb 1904 in KY, died 7 Dec 1983, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY. They had William Henry and Roy Evans.
4-5. Ada Evans, born 12 Aug 1893 in Casey Co., KY, died 14 Dec 1987 at West Chester, Butler Co., OH; married Charles Terry. They had Arvin, Dorothy, and Charles H. Terry.
4-6. Bertha Evans, born 10 Mar 1895 in Casey Co., KY, died 10 May 1932 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married Charles C. Lawhorn, born 18 Feb 1895, died 7 Sep 1965 buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY. They had Opal and John Lawhorn.
4-7. Charles Welby Evans§§, born 8 Jan 1897 in Casey Co., KY, died 30 Dec 1975 at Liberty, Casey Co., KY, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem.; married Emma Overstreet, born 22 Jan 1915, died 19 Dec 2005, buried Salem United Methodist Church Cem., Casey Co., KY.
4-8. Henry Clay Evans, born 24 May 1898 in Casey Co., KY, died 3 Sep 1984 in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY,buried Somerset City Cem.; married (1) Myrtle Ellis. They had Helel, Clifford Wesley, Carl Floyd, Jeanette, and Lois. Married (2) 10 May 1941, Edna Rich, born 12 Feb 1910, died 14 Feb 1995 in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY,buried Somerset City Cem. They had Shirley Evans.
4-9. Monta Evans, born 12 Mar 1900 in Casey Co., KY, died 26 Feb 1927 in Casey Co., KY, buried Green River Valley Separate Baptist Church Cem.; married on 18 Jan 1922, Omar Estil Rubarts, born 28 Aug 1895, died 16 Oct 1974, buried Antioch Christian Church Cem., Casey Co., KY.
4-10. Pinias Evans, born 5 Oct 1902 in Casey Co., KY, died 17 Dec 1920, buried Evans Cem., Casey Co., KY. Never married.
Death came at the Kentucky State Hospital on Sunday.
He was born March 4, 1888, the son of Calvin and Della (sic - Delilah) Ann Taylor Evans.
He was married to Ona Crockett in 1918. She died in 1924. The children are by this marriage. His second marriage was to Martha Cathern Rodgers who died in February 1967.
He was the father of Hugh Evans, Dunnville; Cleo Evans, Liberty; and Mrs. Christine Terry, Windsor. There are 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was the brother of Asa Evans, Welby Evans, Liberty; Clay Evans, Ferguson; and Ada Terry, Ohio.
McKinney-Burton Funeral Home was in charge of arramgements." This obituary contains several factual errors. (obituary: Newspaper unknown)"Martha Evans Dies Mrs. Martha Cathryn Rodgers Evans, 68, died on the 8th at her home near Windsor.
She was the daughter of Madline Rodgers, the wife of Claud Evans, whom she married August 24, 1924. She was born June 14, 1898.
She was the mother of Mrs. Christine Ferry, Harold, J. C., Robert, and James Evans, and the step-mother of Hugh Evans of Liberty, and Cleo Evans, Dupont, Ind. She was a sister of Omer Rodgers of Phil.
Services were held at the McKinney-Burton Funeral Home on Friday of last week with Rev. Jesse Davis officiating. Burial was at the Combest Cemetery." (obituary: Newspaper unknown)§* "Asa Wells Evans, 96 Asa Wells Evans, Route 1, Dunnville, died Tuesday March 18, 1986 at the Green Hill Manor Nursing Home in Greensburg. He was 96 years old.
Born in Dunnville on Feb. 7, 1890, he was the son of Calvin and Delila Taylor Evans, both deceased. He was a retired carpenter.
Survivors include his wife, Ida Patton Evans; five sons, Wilbert Evans of Odon, Ind., Asa Evans Jr. of Russell Springs, and George, Buford and Winfory Evans, all of Bloomington, Ind.; six daughters, Eula Cundiff of Dunnville, Dollie Lucas of Middleburg, Betty Downey of Crestwood, Ky., and Berniece Pittman, Delila Lentz and Margaret Bowmer, all of Bloomington, Ind.; a sister Ada Terry of Cincinnati; 33 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral was March 21 at the Bartle Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Patton officiating. Burial was in the Salem Cemetery." (obituary: Newspaper unknown)§# "Ernest Evans Funeral Is Set for Thursday Funeral services for Wilford Ernest Evans, 75, Liberty, will be held on Thursday at 2:00 at the Green River Valley Baptist Church. The Revs. Roy R. Wilson and Richard Curtis will officiate. Bartle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Death came at the Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville on Monday afternoon. He had been in ill health for over 20 years.
He was born on May 2, 1892, the son of Elisha Calvin and Delia (sic - Delilah) Taylor Evans in this county.
He was first married to Minnie Bell, and after her death to Monta Propes who survives. The children are from both marriages.
He was the father of Ralph C. Evans, Red Hill; Mrs. Ruth Taylor, Phil; Mrs. Lillian Sutherland, Cincinnati; Mack Evans, Cinnati (sic - Cincinnati); Roy Evans, Des Plaines, Ill.; Mrs.Chloe Devine, Harrodsburg; Delmer Evans, Liberty; R. C. Evans, Midway; and Mrs Jean Holt and Earl Evans, Liberty.
He was a brother of Welby, Asa, and Claud Evans of the county; Clay Evans, Somerset; and Mrs. Ada Terry, Cincinnati.
There are 26 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren."
Burial will be in the Church cemetery." (obituary: Newspaper unknown)§§ "Charles Welby Evans Charles Welby Evans, 78, died December 30 at the Casey County Hospital, after an illness of seven years.
He was born January 8, 1897, a son of Calvin and the former Delilah Taylor, both deceased.
He was married to the former Emma Overstreet and she survives.
Additional survivors include one daughter, Violet Kirby of Cincinnati; two brothers, Clay of Somerset and Asa of Dunnville; one sister, Ada Terry of Cincinnati.
Deceased survivors include Claude, Redford, and Ernest Evans, brothers, and Montie Rubberd and Pina Evans, sisters.
He was a part-time farmer and a mechanic at Evans' Garage for 20 years.
Before his illness, he attended the Salem Methodist Church, where he led the singing for several years.
Services were conducted January 1 at the Salem Methodist Church with Rev. C. E. Pickett officiating. Burial was in the Salem Cemetery.
Bartle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements." (obituary: Newspaper unknown)§§* "Henry Evans, 86 Henry Clay Evans of Somerset died Monday, Sept. 3, 1984, at his residence following an illness of six months. He was 86 years old.
He was a retired iron molder at Shelpard Elevator and a member of Ferguson Baptist Church.
Born May 24, 1898 in Casey County, he was the son of the late Elisha Calvin and Delilah Taylor Evans.
He was marriwd May 10, 1941 to Edna Rich, who survives.
Other survivors include four daughters, Helen Frey of Ferguson, Jeanett Osborne of Dayton, Ohio, Lois Eubank and Shirley Gifford both of Eubank; a brother, Asa Evans of Dunnville; a sister, Ada Terry of Cincinnati; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Two sons, Carl Floyd and Clifford Wesley Evans, preceded him in death.
Services were held at 1:30 p. m. Sept. 6 at the chapel of Somerset Undertaking Company with the Revs. Bryan Parris and Glen Singleton officiating.
Burial was in the Somerset Cemetery."Although the newspaper for the preceding obituaries is not definitively determined, The Casey County News has been published weekly (typically on Wednesday) in Liberty since 1904; hence, it is reasonable presumption that this is the newspaper in which these obituaries appeared.
o. Marriage Records, Lincoln County, Stanford, KY, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #1904131-1904142 and #1904116, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
p. Children of Elisha Calvin and Delilah Taylor Evans can be identified from Casey County census records. (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 97A, (microfilm: roll T623_514; img. 629); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 236B, (microfilm: roll T624_470; img. 475); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 232B, (microfilm: roll T625_562; img. 468); 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 125B, (microfilm: roll T626_739; img. 753); & 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 15A, (microfilm: roll T627_1293; img. 34).)
q. Register of Births, Gentry County, Albany, MO: Bk. 2, pg. 47; No. 1427, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 8987; img. 140)) & Permanent Record of Births, Gentry County, Albany, MO: pg. unk; No. 1359, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 8987; img. 297)).
r. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll KY-1653345; imgs. 2317, 2321, 2322, & 2323 & roll OH-1832241; img. 508).
s. Death Certificates, Cabinet for Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (Death Certificate No. 25917, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7017467; img. 2824), Death Certificate No. 25309, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7019171; img. 2220), & Death Certificate No. 419, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7017460; img. 426)).
t. Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1987794&CScn=Salem&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1011&, continuously updated).
u. Combest Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2200861&CScn=Combest&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1011&, continuously updated).
v. Somerset City Cemetery, Pulaski County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1927929&CScn=Somerset+City&CScntry=4&CSst=19&, continuously updated).
7. Izobella Evans married George Welby Morris early in 1882. He apparently died within a year or two. They had one daughter, Jo Etta, who was living with the family of her uncle, Elisha Calvin Evans, in 1900.
7-1. Jo Etta Morris, born Dec 1882; married on 23 Dec 1910, Claude Forrest Previtt.Izobella subsequently married James A. Thomas in Casey County in the summer of 1884. The family apparently remained resident in Casey County until after 1910, but subsequently moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Undoubtedly, the availability of employment was the motivation for their migration to the "big city" (as it was for many other "country people" during the first half of the twentieth century). James and Izobella both died in Cincinnati.7-2. James Floyd Thomas, born 17 Apr 1888, died 20 Dec 1976, buried Goshen Cem., Clermont Co., OH; married 25 Nov 1912, Eddie Ellen Turner, 21 Aug 1893, died 5 Mar 1981, buried Goshen Cem., Clermont Co., OH.w. Marriage Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY: Bk. 1, pg. 138, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #0591587-0591590 and #1942728, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
7-3. Rose Mae Thomas, born 12 Aug 1890, died 3 Dec 1975; married (1) Shelby Boumen; married (2) William Evans.
7-4. Dolly Dunham Thomas, born 5 Apr 1893 at Gilpin, Casey Co., KY, died 13 Apr 1978 at Champaign Co., IL, buried Hustonville Cem., Lincoln Co., KY; married on 19 Jan 1916 in Casey Co., KY, James Franklin Chapman, born 21 Oct 1885 at Gilpin, Casey Co., KY, died 11 Mar 1960 at Mt. Salem, Casey Co., KY. They had Geneva, James Sheward, Mildred, Marie, Opal, and Odell Chapman.
7-5. Cally or Kelly Thomas, born 13 Jul 1900, died 23 Nov 1961; married Helen Kastle, born 2 Nov 1904, died 16 Feb 1965.
7-6. Daisy Bell Thomas, born 11 Sep 1909 at Liberty, Casey Co., KY, died 28 Dec 1996; married at Liberty, Casey Co., KY in 1929, Perry Belden, born 14 Jun 1909 in Casey Co., KY, died Sep 1964. They had Virginia Mae, Rose Marie, Jeanette Fay, Donald Delmar, Joyce Louise, and Perry D. Belden.x. Children of James and Izobella (Isabel) Evans Thomas can be identified from Casey and Hamilton County census records. (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pgs. 96A-B, (microfilm: roll T623_514; imgs. 627-8); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pgs. 174A-B, (microfilm: roll T624_470; imgs. 350-1); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Hamilton County, Ohio, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 231A, (microfilm: roll T625_1395; img. 466).)
y. Goshen Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641251&CScn=Goshen&CScntry=4&CSst=37&CScnty=2052&, continuously updated).
z. Hustonville Cemetery, Lincoln County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=676028&CScn=Hustonville&CScntry=4&CSst=19&, continuously updated).
8. John Floyd Evans married Julia Belle Morris. It seems probable that she was a sister of George Welby Morris who married John's sister less than a month later. In any case, she was the daughter of William and Susan Sharp Morris and was born in the spring of 1858 (although it has been reported erroneously that she was born in 1860). John Floyd and Julia Evans apparently had no children of their own and lived near the village of Dunnville in close association with John's older brother, Elisha Calvin. Belle died in 1929, and according to the 1930 Casey County population schedule, it appears that her husband evidently remarried to a woman twenty-three years his junior. She was named "Mary" and was still living at the time of John's death 1942. It seems almost certain that she can be identified as Mary Peevler, who was born in Casey County in 1884 and died in 1948, but this has not been definitively confirmed.
aa. Marriage Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY: Bk. 1, pg. 127, (LDS Family History Library microfilm: rolls #0591587-0591590 and #1942728, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002).
z. Details of the life of John Floyd Evans can be determined by interpretation of corresponding Casey County census records. (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 97A, (microfilm: roll T623_514; img. 629); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 236B, (microfilm: roll T624_470; img. 475); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 244B, (microfilm: roll T625_562; img. 492); 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 135B, (microfilm: roll T626_739; img. 773); & 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 93A, (microfilm: roll T627_1293; img. 194).)
bb. Death Certificates, Cabinet for Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (Death Certificate No. 13964, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7017540; img. 669) & Death Certificate No. 24636, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7029560; img. 660)).
cc. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.
(unpublished notes)
back to bio.3. Kentucky Land Patent No. 12036; Grantee: Evans, William R.; 50 acres; County: Casey; Water Course: Honey Locust Br. & Riffs Cr.; Survey Name: Evans, William R.; Survey Date: 8/Mar/1847; Grant Date: 20/Jul/1848: Grant Bk. 24, pg. 197. (Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants - Vol. I, Part 2, Chap. X, Filson Club Pub., Louisville, KY, 1925: pg. 1227.)
back to bio.4. In addition to his home address, the 1890 Veterans Schedule also indicated that Thomas G. Evans had been a private in Company I of the Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, enlisted on September 8, 1863, and discharged on January 10, 1865. His accumulated length of service was given as one year, four months, and two days. This substantally agrees with the general history of this unit as according to Dyer and cited previously. (1890 US Census Special Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 3, (microfilm: roll M123_3; img. 145).)
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Additional Citations:
5. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 350B, (microfilm: roll M432_196; img. 130).6. 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 297A, (microfilm: roll M593_454; img. 593).
7. 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 681B, (microfilm: roll T9_408; img. 643).
8. 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Casey County, Kentucky, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 97A, (microfilm: roll T623_514; img. 629).
9. Nancy Perry,"Evans Cemetery", unpublished. (Casey County KYGenWeb Archives, 2004.)
10. Evans Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2162723&CScn=Evans&CScntry=4&CSst=19&CScnty=1011&, continuously updated).
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11. Birth Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY, 1852, pg. unk., (Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 994032; img. 11)) & Birth Records, Casey County, Liberty, KY, 1856, pg. unk., (Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 994032; img. 31)).
12. Death Certificates, Cabinet for Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (Death Certificate No. 25915, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7017467; img. 2822), Death Certificate No. 10280, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7017481; img. 785), Death Certificate No. 12433, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7020618; img. 2544), & Death Certificate No. 8388, Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, (microfilm: roll 7020636; img. 1793)).
13. Comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Health Data Branch, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY. ("Kentucky Death Records", vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/death/search.cgi, 2007.)
14. Larry M. Evans, "Notes by Larry M. Evans", Springfield, IL, May 7, 1979, unpublished. (non-circulating copy available in the Casey County Public Library, Liberty, KY)