Rebecca Mary (Modrell) Evans (1856 - 1926)

Born 29 Apr 1856 in Buchanan County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Louis L. Evans — married 18 Oct 1877 in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1926 at age 69 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA

Biography

Rebecca was born in 1857. She is the daughter of Wilson Modrall and Mary Reeves. She is the daughter of Wilson M. and Mary Rebecca (Reeves) Modrell, and the wife of Lewis L. Evans.

Wilson Modrell's Father, Robert, was a cousin of Joseph Robidaux, the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri.

"Rebecca Mary Modrell Evans Birth: dd mm 1856 - Buchanan, USA Marriage: date - Missouri, USA Death: date - city, Buchanan, Missouri, USA

Death: Mar. 11, 1926 Saint Joseph Buchanan County Missouri, USA

She is the daughter of Wilson M. and Mary Rebecca (Reeves) Modrell, and the wife of Lewis L. Evans.

1880 lived with Lewis L. Evans 33 Rebecca Evans 24 Lizzie Evans 1 Mollie Riddle 13 sister in law

1900 Lived with Louis L Evans 54 Rebecca M Evans 44 Virgil R Evans 19 Lulu M Evans 16 Grace B Evans 13 Homer L Evans 9 Georgia B Evans 7 Jessie D Evans 5

1910 lived with Rebecca M Evans 52 Virgil R Evans 27 Homer Evans 17 Georgia B Evans 15 Jessie Evans 13

1920 lived with Wesley Deshon 37 Lula Deshon 35 Fay Deshon 16 Rebecca Evans 62 mother in law Georgia Evans 25

Wilson Modrell's Father, Robert, was a cousin of Joseph Robidaux, the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Death "Rebecca Mary Modrell Evans Birth: dd mm 1856 - Buchanan, USA Marriage: date - Missouri, USA Death: date - city, Buchanan, Missouri, USA Spouse: Lewis L Evans (1846 - 1907)* Children Lizzie L Evans 1878–1880 Virgil Robert Evans 1880–1964 Lula May Evans DeShon 1884–1951 Grace D. Evans Gibson 1886–1958 Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery Saint Joseph Buchanan County Missouri, USA."

Marriage Name Louis E Evans Spouse Rebecca Moddrell Marriage 18 Oct 1877 - Buchanan, Missouri, USA Civil Buchanan, Missouri, USA

From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.

Lewis L. Evans, farmer, Section 4, Post Office, Garrettsburg, was born in Garrett County, Kentucky, May 16, 1845. In 1850, his parents emigrated to Clinton County, Missouri, where he remained until 1880, at which time he removed to Buchanan County. He was married to Miss Rebecca Modrell October 18, 1877. She was born April 29, 1856 in Missouri. They have two children: Lizzie L., born August 20, 1878, died July 28, 1880; Virgil, born September 15, 1880. Mr. Evans owns 119 acres of land in Sections 4 and 5, all under fence and in a good state of cultivation. He has been road supervisor for four years.

Information provided by: Shirleen Gartin

Louis L. Evans since his childhood has been a resident of Missouri and since 1880 has made his home in Agency Township, where he owns and carries on a well improved farm, comprising one hundred and nineteen acres. Mr. Evans possesses the confidence and high regard of his fellow-citizens, because he is known to be a man of honorable principals, integrity and uprightness. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Garrard County, Ky., in 1845, and when five years of age came with his parents Thomas H. and Betsy (Lunceford) Evans, to this State, settling in Clinton County, where the father entered a farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he had purchased prior to this time. He added another piece of land to his possessions, finally having a place of three hundred and sixty acres. He died in 1860, leaving five children, of whom our subject is the eldest. The others are Nannie B. who became the wife of Tolman Weldin, in Arkansas City, Kan.; Mary E. is the wife of Thomas Sandusky, of Gower; William G. lives in Clinton County; and Newton is deceased. The mother of these children survived her husband many years, dying in June 1892, aged sixty-six years. Thomas Evans was born in Lancaster, Ky., and was a son of Joseph Evans, a native of Virginia, and a soldier in the War of 1812. He was of Irish extraction. Louis Lunceford, our subject's grandfather, was born in Wales, and married in Virginia to a Miss Withers, whose ancestors were among the aristocratic familes of the Old Dominion. Louis L. Evans grew to manhood in Clinton County, Mo., where he was educated in the common branches. After the death of his father, as he was the oldest in the family, the management of the farm fell upon his young shoulders, and nobly did he fulfill the trust. In 1877 he married Rebecca, daughter of Wilson Modrell, who was one of the first settlers of Buchanan County, and highly respected in the region. Our subject and wife have four children: Virgil R., Lula M., Grace D. and Homer L. Personally, our subject is a very pleasant and agreeable gentleman to meet, as he is the possessor of liberal and advanced ideas, and has an affable and courteous manner, which makes friends of all with whom he chances to come in contact. He casts his vote in favor of the Democratic party, in the success of which he is much interested. Mrs. Evans is a lady of culture and refinement, who presides over her home with grace and womanly diginity. Both she and her husband are hospitable people, whose home is always open for the entertainment of their many friends. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and active workers in its various enterprises.

Taken from Portrait and Biographical Record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties Missouri pg 638, published 1893 Contributed by Andrew Evans Parents: Thomas H Evans (1821 - 1860) Elizabeth K Lunceford Evans (1826 - 1892) Spouse: Rebecca Mary Modrell Evans (1856 - 1926) Children: Lizzie L Evans (1878 - 1880)* Virgil Robert Evans (1880 - 1964)* Grace D. Evans Gibson (1886 - 1958)* Siblings: Lewis L Evans (1846 - 1907) Nannie B. Evans Poe Weedin (1848 - 1930)* William George Evans (1853 - 1938)* Nudiget B Evans (1869 - 1891)** Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery Saint Joseph Buchanan County Missouri, USA

Sources

• Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]
• "Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri Biographical Record."
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Agency, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: 675; Page: 459D; Enumeration District: 075
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Agency, Buchanan, Missouri; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1240841
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Agency, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T624_772; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1374785
• Year: 1920; Census Place: St Joseph Ward 4, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T625_90 7; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 83*https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52484787