U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans, William (1818-1874) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 405-406 William Evans was born in 1818, died in 1874, on Horse Shoe Run, 11 miles from St. George. He married Lyda Kitzmiller. Children: James I., Solomon A., John Alexander, William Lewis, George A., Warner B., David C., Perry J., Mary A. and Lucy Ellen. He came to Tucker in 1860, and purchased a farm of 455 acres and had 140 acres under improvement, and had 100 fruit trees in bearing condition. David C. Evans was born in 1857 in Hardy County; married in 1876 to Ollie Calhoun; of German descent. His children are: Eliot F. and Abraham, named after Abraham Bonnifield. He is a farmer of 246 acres, with sixty acres improved and a good orchard of 100 trees. Solomon H. Evans, brother to David C. and son of William Evans, was born in 1843; English and German descent; married in 1871 to Catharine Shaffer, of Preston County. Children: Ama, Stella, Lewis, Mollie, Harry, John and Dollie. He is a farmer, living on Horse Shoe Run, ten miles from St. George. He owns 270 acres of land, of which 40 acres are improved and the rest is well timbered. He has a good orchard. He followed the shoe-making trade 12 years, but gave it up for farming. James I. Evans, brother of Solomon Evans, was born in 1842, in Hampshire County; married in 1874, to Emma C. Whitehair, of Preston County. Children: Florence May, Jennie Belle, Cora Etna and Ida. He is a farmer and miller, living at the Lead Mine Post-office, 10 miles from St. George. His is the largest and best mill in Tucker County. It is on the site of Frederick Domire's tub-mill, of 1842, and is where Mason's mill used to stand. It has a set of corn-rocks and a pair of buhrs. The mill grinds about 6,000 bushels a year, rather more wheat than corn. The mill is a new one, having been rebuilt in 1879. He also owns a sawmill that will cut 1,000 feet a day. James Evans, brother of William Evans, was born in Hampshire County, in 1832. In 1855 he was married to Lucinda, daughter of William Losh. Children: Evaline, John William, Mary Jane, Emaline, Phoebe Ann, Lettie, Maggie May, Nellie and Eddie. He married a second time in 1877, to Sarah Carr, of Illinois. In 1865 he went to Indiana and staid 4 years; then went to Illinois and remained 13 years, and returned to West Virginia, where he follows the occupation of farming. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Pages 29-30, Line no. 6) FULL-NAME: William Evans BIRTH-PLACE: Hardy Co. AGE-AT-DEATH: 56y-4m-6d DEATH-DATE: December 24, 1874 DEATH-PLACE: Tucker County CONSORT-OF: Lydia Evans OCCUPATION: Farmer PARENTS: A. & Elizabeth Evans CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Typhoid Fever INFORMANT: Lydia Evans, wife (son of William Evans) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #2202 FULL-NAME: James Isaac Evans BIRTH-DATE: February 17, 1842 BIRTH-PLACE: Hartmansville, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 15, 1929 (at age 86y-10m-28d) DEATH-PLACE: Lead Mine, St. George District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Emma Catherine Whitehair) OCCUPATION: Farmer (Retired 4 yrs) FATHER: William Evans (born in Lost River, W.Va.) MOTHER: Lydia Kitzmiller (born in Hartsmansville, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Nephritis INFORMANT: Clyde Shaffer (of Lead Mine, W.Va.) BURIAL: Evans Cemetery (son of William Evans) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #4963 FULL-NAME: D. C. Evans BIRTH-DATE: BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 21, 1936 (at age 79y-1m-12d) DEATH-PLACE: Leadmine, St. George District, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Wm. M. Evans (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Liddie Kitzmiller (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cardiac Failure INFORMANT: Abe Evans (of Philippi, W.Va.) BURIAL: Shaffer ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------