Plumas-El Dorado-Placer County CA Archives Biographies.....Evans, J. F. 1825 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

J. F. EVANS was born August 20, 1825, in Fayette county, Illinois, his parents
being John and Nancy Evans. On the twelfth of April, 1850, he started for
California; upon his arrival, settling in El Dorado county, at Placerville,
where he remained four years. In 1854 he went to Placer county, and mined
sixteen months, but went back to El Dorado and remained until June, 1861, when
he came to Plumas county. In December, 1863, he returned to the east by steamer
on a visit, and came back overland with his brother, J. B. Evans, and his
family, arriving in Plumas county in October, 1864. In the fall of 1866 he
bought the Lee ranch, consisting of 160 acres, on which he has since resided. To
this he has added 200 acres. Mr. Evans was never married. The brother who came
to the coast with him died in the north arm of Indian valley in 1867.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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