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'''Wesley G. Evans Jr.'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1899-06-02 |title=Wesley G. Evans Jr. |pages=2 |work=The Chronicle-Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109151998/wesley-g-evans-jr/ |access-date=2022-09-08}}</ref> (January 28, 1844 – September 3, 1921) was a [[Mississippi]] politician and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state legislator from [[Harrison County, Mississippi|Harrison County]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
'''Wesley Griffin Evans Jr.'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1899-06-02 |title=Wesley G. Evans Jr. |pages=2 |work=The Chronicle-Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109151998/wesley-g-evans-jr/ |access-date=2022-09-08}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=evmgAAAAMAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi |date=1924 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |pages=213-214 |language=en}}</ref> (January 28, 1844 – September 3, 1921) was a [[Mississippi]] politician and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state legislator from [[Harrison County, Mississippi|Harrison County]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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=== Personal life ===
=== Personal life ===
Evans was married to Susan Carter.<ref name=":4" /> They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.<ref name=":4" />
Evans was married to Susan Carter.<ref name=":4" /> They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.<ref name=":4" /> He later married Alice Walden, and their son, [[Houston Hewes Evans]] (born 1895), served in the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] from 1920 to 1932.<ref name=":5" />


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 16:59, 22 November 2024

Wesley G. Evans
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(1844-01-28)January 28, 1844
Mississippi City, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedSeptember 3, 1921(1921-09-03) (aged 77)
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Wesley Griffin Evans Jr.[1][2] (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

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He was born on January 28, 1844, in Mississippi City, Mississippi.[3][4] He was the son of W. G. Evans Sr. and his wife, Lucetta (Woodruff) Evans.[5] He fought in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.[6][4] He was a lawyer by profession.[3] He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[1][7] 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.[8] He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.[9][4]

Personal life

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Evans was married to Susan Carter.[6] They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.[6] He later married Alice Walden, and their son, Houston Hewes Evans (born 1895), served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1920 to 1932.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wesley G. Evans Jr". The Chronicle-Star. June 2, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1924). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 213–214.
  3. ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 85.
  4. ^ a b c "Obituary for Senator Wes ". Jackson Daily News. September 4, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Conerly, Luke Ward (1909). Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption. E. Russ Williams. pp. 84–85.
  6. ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-87152-221-4.
  7. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 228.
  8. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 53.
  9. ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTRK-5SZM  : 8 April 2020), Wesley G Evans, 1921.