Deforest William Evans (1890 - 1966)

Born 16 Mar 1890 in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Richmond (Glover) Evans — married 9 Dec 1914 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Died 20 Apr 1966 at age 76 in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Deforest owned and operated a lumber company in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[1]

Deforest was born in 1890.^[2] He was the son of Horace Evans and Maude Skinner.^[3]

When Deforest William Evans was born on 16 March 1890, in Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States, his father, Horace Martin Evans, was 29 and his mother, Anna Maud Skinner, was 24.

He married Grace Richmond Glover on 9 December 1914, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.^[4]

Saturday, November 21, 1914: The wedding of Miss Grace Glover and Mr. DeForest Evans will be celebrated Dec. 9 at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Glover on Fort Wood. Dr. Loaring Clark of St. Paul’s will officiate in the presence of relatives and close friends of the bridal couple.^[5]

They were the parents of one daughter.

Friday, January 8, 1915:^[6]

Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Evans have moved into an apartment in the Magarete on Houston Street.

He lived in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1940.^[7]

He died 1966, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States. ^[8][9]

Obituary:^[10]

DeForest William Evans died at his home, 609 W. Sunset Rd., Lookout Mountain, Wednesday night of a heart attack. He was active in the lumber business here until his retirement 10 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Glover Evans, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Forshee of Jackson, Miss., and five grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PV-P2K : Thu Oct 05 03:59:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Deforest W Evans and Grace Evans, 1940.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6W-V5D : 24 December 2021), Deforest William Evans, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-8HMY : 16 March 2018), Deforest W Evans, 1920; citing Passport Application, Tennessee, United States, source certificate #169012, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1063, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8TL-2JH : 27 January 2020), Deforest W. Evans, 1914.
5. ↑ Hamilton County Herald, 21 November 1914.
6. ↑ Hamilton County Herald, 8 January 1915.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PV-P2K : Thu Oct 05 03:59:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Deforest W Evans and Grace Evans, 1940.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9DK-5Z5 : 20 May 2014), Deforest Evans, Apr 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255649227/deforest-william-evans: accessed 18 November 2023), memorial page for DeForest William Evans (16 Mar 1890–20 Apr 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 255649227, citing Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Faye Fuqua (contributor 47722722).
10. ↑ Hamilton County Herald, 21 April 1966.