JOHN WILLIAM EVANS (SAMUEL JACKSON3, RICHARD W.2, THOMAS1) was born November 19, 1852 in Sheridon, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died September 5, 1914 in Carter County, Kentucky. He married MARY ELIZABETH ERWIN February 7, 1878 in Carter County, Kentucky, daughter of ROBERT ERWIN and NANCY ISON. She was born August 31, 1854 in Smokey Valley, Carter County, Kentucky, and died December 16, 1927 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. Children of JOHN EVANS and MARY ERWIN are: i. ALBERT EVANS, b. December 23, 1878, Prater, Carter County, Kentucky; d. April 16, 1946, Boyd County, Kentucky; m. ROSA CATHERINE KEFFER, October 12, 1907, Thayer, Fayette County, West Virginia; b. August 15, 1882, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky; d. July 23, 1942, Carter County, Kentucky. ii. ROSA EVANS, b. July 14, 1881, James Chapel, Carter County, Kentucky; d. January 17, 1914, Lower Trough Camp, Carter County, Kentucky; m. JESSE WARREN STEELE, March 18, 1900, Carter County, Kentucky; b. November 18, 1877, Carter County, Kentucky; d. June 3, 1939, Lower Trough Camp, Carter County, Kentucky. iii. BERTIE EVANS, b. January 8, 1884, Carter County, Kentucky; d. July 8, 1983, Cape Coral, Florida; m. WILLIAM RILEY STEWART, September 17, 1902, Dawson Branch, Carter County, Kentucky; d. 1934, Keffer Cemetery, Carter County, Kentucky. iv. HATTIE EVANS, b. May 22, 1886, Carter County, Kentucky; d. June 7, 1973, Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky; m. GIRARD KENNER STEWART, June 4, 1913, Afton, Carter County, Kentucky; b. October 24, 1879; d. November 9, 1973, Boyd County, Kentucky. v. WINNIE EVANS, b. November 16, 1888, Carter County, Kentucky; d. December 27, 1953, Boyd County, Kentucky; m. HERMAN ELLENBERG, January 5, 1905, Carter County, Kentucky; b. December 2, 1881, Detroit, Michigan; d. December 2, 1961, Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. vi. HENRY EVANS, b. September 19, 1891, Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky; d. February 14, 1954, Lake Wales, Florida; m. MABEL LITTERAL, February 23, 1916, Carter County, Kentucky; b. August 24, 1894; d. December 19, 1990, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky. vii. THOMAS EVANS, b. March 11, 1895, Carter County, Kentucky; d. April 4, 1950, Kentucky; m. MARGARET THOMAS, December 1, 1921, Grayson, Carter County,Kentucky; b. February 28, 1895, Kentucky; d. December 10, 1993, Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky.
Submitted by: Mary and David Littleton