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.
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 | January 28, 1844 Mississippi City, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | September 3, 1921 (aged 77) Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography
editHe was born on January 28, 1844, in Mississippi City, Mississippi.[2][3] He was the son of W. G. Evans Sr. and his wife, Lucetta (Woodruff) Evans.[4] He fought in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.[5][3] He was a lawyer by profession.[2] He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[1][6] 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.[7] He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.[8][3]
Personal life
editEvans was married to Susan Carter.[5] They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Conerly, Luke Ward (1909). Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption. E. Russ Williams. pp. 84–85.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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