Homer Bevans (1848 - 1908)

Born 26 Jun 1848 in Milan Township, Erie, Ohio, United States

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Died 16 Mar 1908 at age 59 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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Immediate family knowledge First American ancestor was Evan ab Evan (also Evan a' Bevan) who came to New Jersey in the 17th Century. (Victor, brother of Homer, found a family bible with births recorded on fly leaf). The family was related to people in town of Bevans, New Jersey (the mayor was a Victor Bevans). "Ab" in Welsh means son of. An "s" was added by English speakers to Welsh names.--from Tom Bevans, from a letter from Caleb Bevans. Homer's brother Victor was interested in genealogy.

He was a Principal at the La Salle School near Lincoln Park, Chicago for 24 years.

Buried at Mount Greenwood, Chicago, IL, 18 March 1908 www.find-a-grave.com [edit]

Homer Bevans. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Born 26 Jun 1848. Milan, Erie, Ohio, USA. ^{[16][17][18][19][20][21]}

Died 16 Mar 1908. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. ^{[22][23][24][25][26]}

Buried Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America. ^[27]

Residence 1891 Chicago, Illinois, USA. ^[28] 1890 Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[29] Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[30][31] 1880 Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[32] 1900 Chicago city, Cook, Illinois. ^[33] Homer Bevans stood for Superintendant of Instruction on the Labor Party ticket. September 1886. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Source: Political history gives candidacy of Homer Bevans for County Superintendant on the Peoples Trade and Labor Party. October 1891. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Source:

Event: none

Note: (Research):He is listed in an 1889 Chicago directory as principal La Salle Sch. home in Englewood. 2 Ancestry .com search on Homer: «i»HISTORY OF EARLY CHICAGO. MODERN CHICAGO AND ITS SETTLEMENT. EARLY CHICAGO, AND THE NORTHWEST BY ALBERT D. HAGER. page 695«/i» HOMER BEVANS, principal of the Farren School, was born in 1848 at Milan, Ohio, and in 1857 came with his father, Amos P., to Chicago, where he was educated, for two years attending the Cook County Normal. He has made his home at Englewood since 1869, where, the first two years, he taught at the Colman School; then for three years was principal of tim schools of Austin, Cook County. Mr. Bevans was for three years a teacher of mathematics and music here, and taught for a year each in Will County and River Forest, Cook County. In 1879 he took charge of the preparatory department of the Englewood High School, until, in 1883, he was appointed to his present position. Mr. Bevans is one of the old settlers. note that a 25 Mar 1959 Story in the Suburban Economist says he was principle of Austin HS from 1871 to 1874.

File Format: jpg. Homer Bevans Senior as a young man. Format: doc. Homer Bevans in Veblen Bio. Format: jpg. Amos Palmer Bevans probable (2).

Marriage Husband @P24@. Wife @P25@. Child: @P50@. Child: @P53@. Child: @P48@. Child: @P51@. Child: @P49@. Child: @P11@. Child: @P52@. Marriage 1 Jan 1871. Cook, Illinois, USA. ^[34][35][36]

Husband @P46@. Wife @P47@. Child: @P168@. Child: @P167@. Child: @P24@. Child: @P170@. Child: @P169@. Child: @P171@. Child: @P173@. Child: @P172@. Marriage 18 Feb 1844. , Portage, Ohio, USA. ^[37]

Homer was born in 1848. Homer Bevans ... He passed away in 1905.^[38]

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1. ↑ Source: #S-1319556696 Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_31077_4113742; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0948; FHL microfilm: 1240283. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=11387621&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: Jun 1848 Birth place: Ohio Marriage date: 1870 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Chicago city, Cook, Illinois
2. ↑ Source: #S-1333021603 Year: 1880; Census Place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 199; Family History Film: 1254199; Page: 163A; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0798. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20918452&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1849 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States
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16. ↑ Source: #S-1319556696 Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_31077_4113742; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0948; FHL microfilm: 1240283. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=11387621&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: Jun 1848 Birth place: Ohio Marriage date: 1870 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Chicago city, Cook, Illinois
17. ↑ Source: #S-1333021603 Year: 1880; Census Place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 199; Family History Film: 1254199; Page: 163A; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0798. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20918452&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1849 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States
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32. ↑ Source: #S-1333021603 Year: 1880; Census Place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 199; Family History Film: 1254199; Page: 163A; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 0798. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=20918452&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1849 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States
33. ↑ Source: #S-1319556696 Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_31077_4113742; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0948; FHL microfilm: 1240283. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=11387621&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: Jun 1848 Birth place: Ohio Marriage date: 1870 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Chicago city, Cook, Illinois
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• Immediate family knowledge

First American ancestor was Evan ab Evan (also Evan a' Bevan) who came to New Jersey in the 17th Century. (Victor, brother of Homer, found a family bible with births recorded on fly leaf). The family was related to people in town of Bevans, New Jersey (the mayor was a Victor Bevans). "Ab" in Welsh means son of. An "s" was added by English speakers to Welsh names.--from Tom Bevans, from a letter from Caleb Bevans. Homer's brother Victor was interested in genealogy.

He was a Principal at the La Salle School near Lincoln Park, Chicago for 24 years.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJ7-NG2 : 15 September 2017), Homer Bevans, Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 194, sheet 163A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0199; FHL microfilm 1,254,199.

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