Charles Brison Evans (1834 - 1901)

Born 13 Aug 1834 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Closs) Evans — married 30 Dec 1858 (to 9 Aug 1879) in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA

Died 24 Jan 1901 at age 66 in Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan

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Biography

Charles is widowed in 1880 with 10 children.

History of Macomb County

Osman Evans, a traveling salesman residing at Richmond, is numbered among the native sons of St. Clair county, Michigan his birth having occurred in Kimball, August 9 1859. He is a son of Charles Brison Evans who was born in Cork Ireland in 1835. He married Elizabeth Gross who became the adopted daughter of Samuel Baker, a native of New York, who was a Methodist preacher and came to Michigan in 1842 locating at Richmond where he spent his remaining days his death occurring in 1866.

Charles B. Evans was a little lad of six summers when brought to America in 1841. He became a resident of St. Clair county, Michigan where he remained until 1860 when he removed to Macomb county settling time of the Civil war but served for a number of years as a recruiting officer and was deputy provost marshal.

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114696323

Census

Richmond, Macomb Co., Michigan, USA, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSR-BQJ : accessed 4 July 2015), Charles B Evans, Richmond, Macomb, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district 210, sheet 512C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0593; FHL microfilm 1,254,593.

Richmond, Macomb Co., Michigan, USA, "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCQ-BHR : accessed 4 July 2015), Charles Evans, Michigan, United States; citing p. 36, family 296, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,187.

Richmond, Macomb Co., Michigan, USA, "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6Q-RTP : accessed 4 July 2015), Charles Evens, The Town Of Richmond, Macomb, Michigan, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 144, household ID 1016, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,553.