WARE COUNTY GA Bible Evans family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Faye Dyess fdy13@home.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/ware/bibles/evans.txt BIRTHS: Benjamin Evans, son of Stephen Evans and Sarah Nowell Evans, was born in old Durham, New Hampshire, April the 17th, 1764, and married Elizabeth Place, November 9th, 1794 in Rochester, N.H. Elizabeth Place, daughter of David Place and Susanna Gray Place, wife of Benjamin Evans, was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, October 24th, 1774. BIRTHS of Benjamin and Elizabeth Place Evans Children: Sally N. Evans, born June 28th, 1795. Nancy Evans, born December 8th, 1796. Rufus King Evans, born Sept. 16th, 1798. John P. Evans, born May 25th, 1800. Martha Evans, born July 7th, 1802. MARRIAGES: Rufus King Evans, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Place Evans, was married to Lucy C. A. Russell, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Curry Russell, on the 5th day of May in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five. Elizabeth Ann Evans and John Lyon were married April 21st, 1847. John W. Evans and Lucy A. Beck were married May 24th, 1849. Susan C. Evans and Robert J. Smallwood were married on the 4th of Sept. 1853. Oliver F. Evans and Amanda Wilder were married January 1855. Mary Adaline Evans and Marcus A. Whorter were married August 17th, 1856. John W. Evans and Ann Olivia Lenoir, (daughter of Hon. B. H. Overby)were married June 1864. Robert Fort Evans and Anna Hudson were married December 7th, 1865. BIRTHS: Lucy C. A. Russell, wife of Rufus King Evans and daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Russell, was born the 30th day of June in the year of our Lord 1810. Benjamin Franklin Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Russell, was born the 29th day of July in the year of our Lord 1826. John W. Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born the 24th day of December in the year of our Lord 1827. Elizabeth Ann Evans, daughter of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born March 26th, 1829. Olivia F. Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born Dec.22nd,1830. George Augustus Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born October 15th, 1832, Macon, Georgia. Susan Caroline, daughter of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born, October 10th, 1834, Macon, Georgia. Mary Adaline, daughter of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born the 10th of February, 1837. Robert Fort Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born May the 29th, 1839. Benjamin Rufus Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, was born the 19th day of April, 1841. Eleanor Arthur Evans was born December 26th, 1841. Myra Vesta Evans, daughter of R.K. and E. F. Evans, was born 1847. Martha Ann Evans, daughter of R.K. and E. F. Evans, was born --. DEATHS: Benjamin Evans, father of Rufus K. Evans, died in Rochester, New Hampshire, December 19th, 1813, aged 49 years, 8 months and 2 days. Elizabeth Place Evans, mother of Rufus K. Evans, died in Macon, Georgia,September 2nd, 1832, aged 57 years and 5 days. Elizabeth Ann Evans Lyon died July 1st, 1877. Benjamin Franklin Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, died June 19th, 1827. George Augustus Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, died August the 20th, 1834. Lucy C. A. Evans, wife of Rufus K. Evans, departed this life the 18th day of June, at 3:30 o'clock, A.M. 1844. Benjamin Rufus Evans, son of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, died May 6th 1852. Flora Evans, daughter of Rufus K. and Lucy C. A. Evans, died June 24th 1852. Myra Evans, daughter of Rufus K. and Eleanor Frances Evans, died ---- Eleanor W. Evans, daughter of Rufus K. and E. F. Evans July 12, 1864, aged 36 years, 6 months, 12 days. (In possession of Mrs. Henry L. Redding, 814 Carswell Ave., Waycross, Ga.) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============