Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Evans, George W. 1863 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

GEORGE W. EVANS is one of the representative ranchers of Imperial County. He is
connected with the most important business in the community in the advancement
and material prosperity of his section. Mr. Evans owns eighty acres of valuable
land on the Star route and came to the Valley in 1912. He was born in Surry
County, North Carolina, November 9, 1863, a son of Thomas and Mary (Sparger)
Evans. Mr. Evans' father was born and raised in Alabama and his mother was a
native of North Carolina. His father died in 1907, and is buried in the Ed Hube
Cemetery, Texas. Mr. Evans' mother is now residing in Madill, Oklahoma. George
W., the subject of this review, received his education in his native county.
Leaving school at the age of twenty, he assisted on the home place until he was
twenty-six years of age. He then married and started out in life for himself and
farmed in Texas, his parents having moved to Texas in 1885, and remained in that
state until 1893. Mr. Evans then moved to Indian Territory, where he did pioneer
work until he removed to the Imperial Valley, where he has achieved success with
other men of foresight and ability. Mr. Evans raises alfalfa and is interested
largely in the stock business. Politically Mr. Evans is a Democrat. He is a
trustee of the Silsbee school board. During his residence in Oklahoma he served
as deputy sheriff in a most creditable way. He was a charter member of the W. O.
W. of Oklahoma. Mr. Evans was twice married. The first union was with Miss Laura
J. McClure. To this union have been born six children : Walter, in the aviation
corps at Camp Travers; Velleria, wife of George N. Snodgrass, residing in
Arizona; Jo, wife of Cleveland C. Combs, residing in Imperial County; Laud
Syble, at home; Thomas Harrison, died in infancy; Berta, residing at home. Mr.
Evans' second marriage occurred May 26, 1912, at Ravia, Oklahoma. Here he was
married to Mrs. Emma J. Randolph, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Newton
Morris. To this union have been born two children, Thomas Winston Gilbert and
Hazel Rodina. Mr. Evans' whole place is under cultivation and is one of the
representative agricultural centers in his locality.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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