Adele Ruth (Hunt) Evans (1866 - 1958)

Born 15 Sep 1866 in Macon, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Lafayette Evans — married 28 Aug 1887 in Henderson County, Texas

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1958 at age 91 in Henderson, Texas, United States

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Biography

Adele was born in 1866. She was the daughter of Joseph C Hunt and Sarah Harden. She passed away in 1958. Entered by Robert Hunt, Apr 10, 2013

Following from: http://usgenwebsites.org/TXHenderson/Photos/mmevans.htm

Adel was born about 1866. Adele Hunt was born on September 15, 1866 in Macon, Georgia and came to Texas when she was four years old with her parents soon after the close of the Civil War. Her family settled at Chandler in eastern Henderson County. At the age of twenty, she came to Malakoff to teach in the public school, then conducted in the Methodist Church building, which at that time, faced the Cotton Belt railroad. Mrs. Adele Evans died in 1958. Funeral services for Mrs. Evans, who lived in Malakoff for seventy-two years, were conducted by Reverend W. S. Chamberlain, Jr. The funeral was held at the First Baptist Church in Malakoff. At the time of her death, Mrs. Evans was the oldest living member of this church. She was survived by all of her children, with the exception of her first-born son, Thurman Evans, who died in 1927. The surviving children were Mrs. Clyde Mitchell, Mrs. Ben Wathen, Mrs. Sam Jamison, Jim Hunt Evans, Albert Evans, and Wayne L. Evans.

Sources

Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNV-14K : 15 July 2017), Adel Hunt in entry for Sarah C Hunt, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 34, sheet 178C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1310; FHL microfilm 1,255,310.

Citing this Record: "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-L3VZ : 10 December 2017), W L Evans and Adell Hunt, 28 Aug 1887; citing Henderson, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,481,018.

Citing this Record "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K33B-76B : 13 March 2018), J P Hunt in entry for Adele Ruth Evans, 25 Apr 1958; citing certificate number 22532, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,362.

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