(2) Cabinet Photos of

John Van Meter Evans &

His Wife, Mary S. Bell

Jamestown, Greene, Ohio  

Nota Bene: The preponderance of evidence from my research indicates that these photos can ONLY be of  John V. Evans and his wife Mary S. Bell The only other Evanses to even consider in the Jamestown  area at that time would be either of their two sons, Isaac or Hezekiah. Each would have been too young to be the  man described as "Gran Pa Evans" in the photo. Evans' paternal ancestors are from Wales, though he personally was  born in Virginia. His wife, Mary, was born in Scotland. Her ancestors may be originally from Ireland, as her  photo claims, but I would probably attribute that more to the fuzzy memory of the scribe. Bell is more a Scottish  surname.

John Van Meter Evans was born 10 Apr 1800 in Berkeley Co. Virginia, the son of John Evans, Jr.  (1770-1829) & Mary "Polly" Van Meter (1779-1850). He married Mary S. Bell (1804-1889) on 3 Nov 1827  at Berkeley County, VA. They came to Greene County, Ohio in 1851.
Four children:

Isaac Keller Evans (1831-1906), married Sidney Jane Glass
Seven children:
Eli Evans (1853-1941)

Charles Evans (1855-1932)

Glass Evans (1857-1937)

Isaac Lewis Evans (1859-1933)

George W. Evans (186-1936)

Mary Ann Evans (1865-1918)

Harry Evans (1871-1963)

Ruth M. Evans (1831-1923), married John Milton Hutslar
Six children:
Isaac N. Hutslar

Matilda Hutslar

Noah Hutslar

Ida Belle Hutslar

Lavinia C. Hutslar

Franklin T. Hutslar

Ann Maria Evans (1834-1923), married John Martin Patton
Ten children:
Sarah C. "Sallie" Patton (1856-1912)

John Patton (b.1859)

Cyrus F. Patton (1860-1929)

Ruth V. Patton (1862-1922)

Delilah Patton (1865-1879)

Isaac W. Patton (1865-1939)

Isabella Patton (1867-1900)

William Lyle Patton (1869-1946)

Lucy Jane Patton (1870-1952)

George Scott Patton (1876-1954) 

Catherine E Evans (1834-1916), married George W. Gordon
Four children:
Nancy A. Gordon

Frank Gordon

Relman Gordon (1865-1933), married 1890 Myrtle M. Taylor at Madison, OH
Children:

Carey Ellsworth Gordon (1894-1962), married Bessie E. Morrow

Bessie Ina Gordon (1899-1995), married John Barch Leslie

Noah Gordon (1905-1958)

Sallie Gordon
Isabella J. Evans (1838-?)

Rachel Evans (1841-1862). No children.

Hezekiah Evans (1842-?), married Julia Ann Keplinger (d.1880)
Five children:

Ulysses Grant Evans

Anna M. Evans

John Evans

Flora E. Evans

Blanche G. Evans

Mary Virginia Evans (1844-1924). In 1880, living at the City Infirmary at Hartwell, Ohio. Unmarried.

  Photographer: James Willard Mock, Jamestown, O.

Overall size: 4-1/4" x 6-1/2"

Condition: Photos are in good condition, with soiling and paper loss at lower right. Moderate soiling to  mount. Backs have soiling, paper loss and tape residue. Writing in ink on reverse, "Gran Pa Evans from Wales" and  "Gran Mother Evans from Ireland" (see scans)

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