Cpl
William
Cross
Evans
Born in Star, Rankin County, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Susan Matilda Evans, Laura Josphine (Evans) Berry, Thomas Bell Evans [half], Holden Garthur Evans Jr, Mary Elizabeth Hudson Evans [half], Harriet Eleanor (Evans) Emerson, Charlotte Eliza Gage Evans [half], John Lane Evans [half], Edward Everett Evans [half] and Henry Littleton Evans [half]
Husband of
Martha Ann Bethune
— married
31 Dec 1855 in Mississippi, United States
Husband of
Lenore Elizabeth (Cain) Evans
— married
about 9 Aug 1864 in Conway, Leake County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Mary Ellen Evans, Sally Evans, Betty Josephine (Evans) Flowers, Maggie Evans, Sarah Caroline (Evans) Turner, Alma Mae Evans, Robert Holden Evans and Bernard Palissy Evans
Died
at age 54
in Conway, Leake County, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2014
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Biography
Corporal William Evans served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Side: CSA
He was born on 11 Mar 1835 in Ouchita Parish, Louisiana, USA. [1]
William Cross Evans first married on 31 Dec 1855 in Mississippi, USA to Martha Ann Bethune.
William Cross Evans married secondly on 09 Aug 1864 in Conway, Leake County, Mississippi, USA to Lenora Elizabeth Evans (b: 16 Dec 1842 NC).
During the American Civil War he served in the Mississippi Infantry. [2][3]
He died on 25 May 1885 in Conway, Leake County, Mississippi, USA and was buried there at Conway Cemetary. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Bible Record of Dr. Holden Garthur Evans; Text: William Cross Evans, b: 11 Mar 1835
- ↑ Civil War Soldiers citing NARA#M232; roll#12; for William C. Evans, unit: Company G, Regiment#41, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate Army; rank-in: Private; rank-out: Corporal.
- ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9N7-QMF : 25 August 2021), William C. Evans, 1861-1865.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35109178 for William Cross Evans, b: 11 Mar 1831; d: 28 May 1885; buried: Conway Cemetery, Mississippi, USA; with gravestone photo.
- 1850 USA Census of Rankin County, Mississippi; citing family#2; line#13; which included ...
- SC 44 EVANS H. G., occ: physician
- TN 44 EVANS Charlott (wife#1)
- ?? 17 EVANS Josephina (note: Laura Josephine Evans, m: Joseph Boggan Berry)
- LA 15 CROSS W. (male)
- MS 12 CROSS T. B. (male)
- MS 09 CROSS H. G. Jms. (male)
- MS 08 CROSS E. H. (female)
- MS 06 CROSS Ellen H.
- MS 04 CROSS Eliza.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-LLD : 22 December 2020), W Cross Evans in household of H G Evans, Rankin, Rankin, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZT-XTR : 14 February 2020), W. C. Evans, 1864.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GJ-B6Q : 14 January 2022), Cross Evans, Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Fold3
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35109178/william-cross-evans: accessed 15 February 2023), memorial page for William Cross Evans (11 Mar 1831–28 May 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #35109178, citing Conway Cemetery, Conway, Leake County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Nancy Magee (contributor 47290862).
- Ancestry.com link
- Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=473034&pid=1868987603
Acknowledgements
- Evans-8109 was created on 23 Mar 2014 by Perry Hecker through the import of Evans Family 03232014.ged
- Evans-8203 was created on 31 Mar 2014 by Perry Hecker through the import of Hecker Family Tree 04012014.ged
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