Moses Evans (1780 - 1853)

Born 24 Sep 1780 in Warren County, Georgia

Husband of Sarah (Kester) Evans — married 26 Mar 1806 in Peble County or Miami County, Ohio [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1853 at age 72 in Vigo County, Indiana

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Biography

Sarah Kester was born on October 5, 1788, in Kentucky, likely in Nelson County south of Louisville. She married Moses Evans on March 26, 1806; she was 17 years old and he was 25. They had six children:

• Felix Evans
• Cynthia Ann Evans
• Paul Evans
• Joseph Evans
• Milton Evans
• Matilda Evans

Moses Evans was born on September 24, 1780, in Warren County, Georgia, to Joseph and Hester Evans.[Hunt 326]

The Evans family probably started in Preble County and made their way northeast into Miami County by 1813. They then moved west into Indiana Territory in 1815, the year prior to Indiana's admission into the union as the 19th state. They settled in Vigo County, south of Terre Haute.[Hunt 326]

In 1842 the Evans moved to Houston County, Texas, for about two years before returning to Vigo County in 1844.[Hunt 326]

Moses Evans died on January 8, 1853, probably in Vigo County, Indiana. He was 72 years old.[Hunt 326]

Sarah (Kester) Evans died 9 years later at the age of 73 on September 19, 1862. She is buried at Union Cemetery, northwest of Farmersburg, Vigo County, Indiana.[Hunt 326]."

Sources

Research done by Maud Russell, posted by L. Leckliter as reference point for future researchers.

Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”