From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, pages 674-675.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


GEORGE W. EVANS


George W. Evans was born within the limits of this county April 3, 
1817, the son of Walter and Barbara (Barger) Evans, who was born and 
married in Rosby's Rock in 1816. The father, a wagon-maker by trade, 
was in his later years a farmer, and was always highly respected.  He 
died in 1861, aged ninety-six years.  In his youth he saw service in 
the Revolutionary war.  He had seventeen children, of whom the 
following were reared:  Job, Johnsie, Mary A., Eliza, Maria, Sophia, 
John, Julia A., Elizabeth, Louisa A., Walter, Margaret, George W., 
and of these the only survivors are Louisa A. and George W.  The 
latter has been a farmer all his life, and a resident of this county 
all the time except one year in Iowa.  In business he is successful 
and prosperous.  He is a republican in politics, formerly being a 
whig and voting for W. H. Harrison in 1840.  In 1841 he was married 
to Ellen, daughter of John and Elizabeth Gorby, and they had two 
children: Barbara E. (deceased), and Clarissa J., wife of James O. 
Scott, of Jackson county, Ind. The mother of these died in 1845, and 
in 1847 Mr. Evans was united to Rebecca, daughter of John and 
Elizabeth Porter. By this marriage they had ten children, nine of 
whom were reared, viz.: Walter H., Wylie G., James S., Bruce E., 
George W., Michael D., Josie E., Martha B. and Elmer S.  Five are 
married: Walter H. married Kate Anderson, Wylie G. married Elizabeth 
Lutes, Bruce E., a resident of Tyler, Tex., married Sallie Lorance, 
of that city; Michael D. married Bertie O'Neil, Josie E. married 
Everett W. Bonar.  James S. and Elmer S. are residents of Texas.  
George W. and Martin B. are residents of Iowa.  The mother, Rebecca 
(Porter) Evans, died January, 1880, aged sixty years.  She was a 
consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was loved and 
esteemed by those who knew her as only an exemplary wife and mother 
can be loved.  Mr. Evans married again in 1885. 

    
(Linda Fluharty)