Charles Evers
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James Charles Evers (1922 - 2020)

James Charles (Charles) Evers
Born in Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Died at age 97 in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Biography

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James Charles Evers was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers.

Son of James Evers and Jesse Wright

  • Fact: Residence (1930) Decatur, Newton, Mississippi, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Decatur, Beat 1, Newton, Mississippi, United States
  • Fact: Military Service (13 Feb 1942) Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MM-CSJ : accessed 12 February 2019), James C Evers in household of James Evers, Decatur, Newton, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4A, line 28, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1161; FHL microfilm 2,340,896.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSK-BL9 : 14 March 2018), James C Evers in household of Jim Evers, Decatur, Beat 1, Newton, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-1, sheet 5B, line 42, family 89, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2053.
  • "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TR-ML3 : 5 December 2014), James C Evers, enlisted 13 Feb 1942, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  • "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H86M-HBN2 : 23 January 2020), James Charles Evers, 23 Feb 1948; citing Marriage, Claiborne, Mississippi, United States, 00730, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.


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