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Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900

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OGDEN EDWARDS
OGDEN EDWARDS

Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 450

  ROBERT M. EVANSRobert M. Evans is a representative of one of the oldest families of Miami county, the name Evans being interwoven with the history of this locality through almost the entire nineteenth century.  His grandfather and father took an active part in the work of reducing the wild land to purposes of civilization, and gave their support to many measures which promoted the material progress and substantial upbuilding of this section of the state.  The grandfather, Joseph Evans, resided near Milledgeville. Georgia, and in 1801 started with his family for the Northwest Territory.  The journey was made by team and the party passed the site of the present city of Dayton en route for La Porte, Indiana.  That was the year before Ohio was admitted to the Union. In 1804 the family returned to the Buckeye state and established a home in Montgomery county, upon the farm adjoining the boundary line of Miami county.  This property is now occupied by John Johnson and the little cabin home of the Evans family stood on the site where Mr. Johnson's large brick residence is now located.  Their nearest neighbor at the time was a Mr. Pierson, who lived six miles away.  Joseph Evans secured a tract of government land, which was covered with heavy timber, and erected a one-story double log house, in which he spent his remaining days, his death occurring when he had attained an advanced age.  He was a member of the Society of Friends or Quakers.  In his family were three children, who came to Ohio, namely: Robert, Joseph and Sarah.  The daughter became the wife of John Furnas.
     Robert Evans, the father of our subject, was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, Feb. 7, 1789, accompanied his parents to Indiana, and when fourteen years of age came with the family to Ohio.  He grew to manhood in Montgomery county and remained upon the home farm until about
twenty-three years of age.  He was married, about 1812, to Esther Jenkins, and they became the parents of ten children, namely: Thomas J., who was born Apr. 4, 1813, and died in Tippecanoe City Feb. 6, 1854; Joseph, who was born Apr. 12, 1815, and died Aug. 5, 1845; Eleanor, who was born Feb. 4, 1817, became the wife of James Coppock, and died Jan. 20, 1847; Julia M., who was born Aug. 18, 1819, and died Feb. 19, 1823; Esther, who was born Aug. 31, 1 82 1, and died in infancy; William, who was born Mar. 9, 1824, and is living in Shelby county, Ohio; Moses, who was born June 17, 1826, and resides in Montgomery county, Ohio; Eli H., who was born July 26, 1832, and died in Peru, Indiana; Maris, who was born Nov. 20, 1828, and is the widow of Jonathan Jay, of Kokomo, Indiana; Esther Ann. who was born Nov. 27, 1834, and died in 1835.  After the death of his first wife Mr. Evans was married, about 1834, to Mary Jenkins, and their children were: Mary L., who was born Aug. 29, 1836, became the wife of Thomas Hollingsworth, and died Nov. 10, 1861; Aaron, who was born Feb. 5, 1839, and died Jan. 27, 1842; Jesse J., who was born Aug. 1, 1841, and died June 8, 1900, in Kentucky; Keren H., who was  born July 24, 1843, is the wife of Davis Jester, a resident of Montgomery county, Ohio; Robert M., of this review; and Elizabeth, who was born May 25, 1848, is the wife of William Macy, a resident of Miami county.  After his marriage the father removed to the Martin Eide Miller farm and later purchased the south half of the land upon which Tippecanoe now stands.   There he lived for a few years, but about 1836 traded that farm to John Clark for one-half of the northwest quarter of section 28, Monroe township.  He then removed to this eighty-acre tract and there spent his remaining days, his death occurring on the 25th of June, 1863.  He was a very successful business man and accumulated considerable property.  For many years he belonged to the Quaker church, but prior to his death joined the New Light church.
     Robert M. Evans was born on the old homestead farm on section 28, Monroe township, Mar. 18, 1845, and there spent his boyhood days, obtaining his education in the district schools.  He remained on the home until after his father's death, and on the 17th of July, 1863, in company with his brothers, Jesse and Moses, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Ohio National Guards, which responded to President Lincoln's last call in March, 1864, going to Washington to defend that city, which the Confederate officers had planned to attack.  When the war was over he returned to the old homestead, where he remained until 1879, when he embarked in the grocery and drygoods business in Ginghamsburg, Ohio, carrying on merchandising at that place until Aug. 2, 1894, when he sold out to A. C. Gleason.  For fifteen years he remained in the store and conducted a successful business, which brought to him good financial returns.  In 1890 he purchased his present farm and in 1896 erected thereon the large, tasteful residence in which he now lives.
     On the 2d of March, 1867, Mr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Jane Keller and to them have been born ten children:  Maris A., who was born Oct. 20, 1868, died Apr. 16, 1870; Lillie H., who was born Aug. 4, 1870. is the wife of Adam Underwood, of Monroe township; Sarah A., who was born Sept. 22, 1872, is the wife of Harry Barnhardt, of Monroe township; Korah W., who was born Oct. 11, 1874, is now the proprietor of the Troy Novelty Works; Zenitia, who was born Oct. 26, 1876, died June 5, 1895; Laura A., born Sept. 10, 1878: Annie P., who was born Jan. 9, 1881, is the wife of William Kendall, of Piqua; Howard V., who was born Feb. 27, 1884, died Apr. 23, 1885; Ellen H., who was born Oct. 28, 1886, died November 19 of the same year; and Rhoda M., who was born Oct. 25, 1889, completes the family.
     On the 6th of November, 1876, Mr. Evans was elected to the office of justice of the peace and has filled that position continuously since, discharging his duties in a most creditable manner, his rulings being strictly fair and impartial.  His political support is given the Republican party.  He belongs to D. M. Rouzer Post, G. A. R., of Tippecanoe City, and the United Brethren church of Ginghamsburg, in which he has served as Sunday school superintendent and as class leader for fifteen years.  The farm upon which he now resides comprises eighty acres of land and in addition to this he also owns forty acres of the old homestead.  He is one of the substantial and highly respected agriculturists of the community and belongs to the progressive class of citizens who believe that time should bring improvement and that the enterprise of to-day should advance beyond that of former years.  During his active career he has been found true to the duties of citizenship and to those of public and private life in every particular, and well does he deserve representation in the history of the county wherein his entire life has been spent.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 778

WM. M. EVARTS
WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS

Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 89

 

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