Grant County, KY - Bios:  Evarts, Francis E.

Posted by Sandi Gorin on Wed, 13 Sep 2000



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Francis E. EVARTS 4832 Grant Co. 



Surname: Evarts, Tyler, Hawks, Ecton



NOTE: I have no connection and no further information.



Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Grant Co.



FRANCIS E. EVARTS was born in Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., January 5, 1835, the son 

of B. B. and Betsie (Tyler) Evarts, of English descent. He was reared on a farm near 

Binghampton, Broome Co., N. Y., but learned painting for a trade. After coming west 

he volunteered in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Cavalry, Company B, was in the battle of 

Pea Ridge, and was discharged after one year's service, when he returned to his place 

of residence, Aurora, Ill. In 1875 he came to Kentucky, and settled at Williamstown, 

Grant County, where he was connected with the construction of the Southern Railraod, 

and in 1883 engaged in the livery business. He was married in 1857 to Miss Martha Hawks, 

of Mendota, Ill., who bore him one child--Minnie-and died in 1869. His second marriage 

took place August 4, 1886, to Ettie Ecton, of Grant County, Ky.