Jeremiah C. Evans Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Jeremiah C. Evans: was born August 15, 1813, in Virginia and was brought to now Hancock County, West Virginia by his father, William W. Evans in 1813. He married Sarah Chapman in December, 1836. His companion deceased in April, 1839. He was again married to Elizabeth S. Sisson, November 24, 1840, to whom he has four children -- James M., Elizabeth S., John and Frank S., all of whom are living. He owns and is living on the old Evans homestead farm, containing 300 acres.