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Revision as of 18:10, 3 December 2022
Wesley G. Evans | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 1st district | |
In office January 1900 – January 1904 | |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Harrison County district | |
In office January 1890 – January 1892 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mississippi City, Mississippi | January 28, 1844
Died | September 3, 1921 Gulfport, Mississippi | (aged 77)
Political party | Democrat |
Wesley G. Evans Jr.[1] (January 28, 1844 - September 3, 1921) was a Mississippi politician and Democratic state legislator from Harrison County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography
He was born on January 28, 1844, in Mississippi City, Mississippi.[2][3] He fought in the American Civil War.[3] He was a lawyer by profession.[2] He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[1][4] He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1900 to 1904, representing the 1st District, consisting of Mississippi's Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties.[5] He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.[6][3]
References
- ^ a b "Wesley G. Evans Jr". The Chronicle-Star. June 2, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 85.
- ^ a b c "Obituary for Senator Wes ". Jackson Daily News. September 4, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 228.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 53.
- ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTRK-5SZM : 8 April 2020), Wesley G Evans, 1921.