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Caleb Evans (1788 - 1855)

Caleb Evans
Born in Tennesseemap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of [half], , , , [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married about 1810 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 67 in Union, Effingham County, Illinoismap
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Biography

Caleb was born in 1788. He was the son of Edward Percy Evans and Sarah Vaughn.

Residences:

  • 1810: Indiana Territory [1]
  • 1820: Lawrence, Indiana [2]
  • 1830: Lawrence, Indiana [3]
  • 1840: Lawrence, Indiana [4]
  • 1850: Effingham, Illinois [5]

He served in the Volunteer Ranger Company and Marstone Company 5, Infantry, during the War of 1812, holding the rank of Private [6]. In 1818, he received a grant for 160 acres of land in Schuyler, Illinois as part of an Army Land Grant for men who had served in the war [7].

He passed away in 1855 and was buried in the Bethsaida Cemetery in Effingham, Illinois [8].

Sources

  1. ↑ Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 8; Page Number: 319; Family Number: 63.
  2. ↑ Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Lawrence, Indiana; Page: 100; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 138. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY6-SZR2)
  3. ↑ Year: 1830; Census Place: Lawrence, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 26; Page: 109; Family History Library Film: 0007715. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-32B)
  4. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Lawrence, Indiana; Roll: 86; Page: 180; Family History Library Film: 0007727. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTR-SDZ4)
  5. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Effingham, Illinois; Roll: 105; Page: 299b. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-66YS-BHN)
  6. ↑ Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  7. ↑ Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes.
  8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #117753621




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