Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Nathan B. Evans




Husband Nathan B. Evans 1

           Born: 21 Aug 1843 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1910
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         Father: Abel M. Evans (      -Bef 1910) 2 3
         Mother: Elma Baker (      -      ) 1





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General Notes: Husband - Nathan B. Evans


He was born near Baker's Station, in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents to Ten-Mile in 1857 and was educated in the local schools. On Aug. 22, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Co. D, 140th Pa. Vol. Inf., 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1865. He was six months a prisoner after the second day of the Gettysburg battle. He then returned to his parental home on Ten-Mile and to the farm which was his home thereafter.
Mr. Evans always took a deep interest in educational matters, for a long time served on the township school board and was its president. He was president also of the board of trustees of Waynesburg College. He was an elder in the Ten-Mile Presbyterian Church and was also active in Sunday-school work, for years serving as superintendent of that school. He was a member of Philo Paul Post, G. A. R., of Amity.

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Sources


1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 664.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 656.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 663.


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