LEWIS H. EVANS, a farmer of Peru township, was born in Knox county, Ohio, April 21, 1834.  His father, Owen Evans, was born in Pennsylvania, June 20, 1802, a son of William Evans, a native of Wales.  After the latter came to America, he located in Pennsylvania, and thence came to Knox county, Ohio, where he subsequently died.  Owen Evans was married in Knox county, to Mary George, a native of Chester township, Morrow county, and a daughter of Henry George.  His father, Rev. Henry George, was born in Wales, was a Baptist minister, and became one of the pioneers of Knox county.  After their marriage Owen Evans and wife located on a farm in Knox county, where they remained until death, the mother dying at the age of eighty years and the father at the age of eighty-four years.  They were the parents of twelve children; ten grew to years of maturity, namely: William G., of Clarke county, Iowa; L. H., the subject of this sketch; E. J., also of Clarke county; Maria, widow of Stephen West, and a resident of Bennington township, Morrow county; Elizabeth, wife of Norton Moore, also of that township; Rachel, wife of Royal Moore, of Marengo, Ohio; Henry, of Bennington township; Naomia, wife of Robert Taylor, of Chester township, this county; LaFayette M., of Clarke county, Iowa, and Jane, who married Stephen Ullery, now deceased.
     Lewis H. Evans, the second child in order of birth, was reared and educated in his native place.  He began for himself at the age of nineteen years, empty-handed, and worked on a farm for from $12 to $16 per month.  He has resided on his present place since 1858, which consists of 150 acres of fine farming land, and has made all he now owns by hard labor and economy.  In 1874 his house and half its contents were destroyed by fire.  In political matters Mr. Evans affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as Township Assessor two years and as Trustee three terms.  He was nominated for County Commissioner in 1892, but, owing to the fact that his county is strongly Republican, he was defeated.
     Mr. Evans was united in marriage with Caroline Ullery, May 24, 1857; she was a native of Morrow county, Ohio.  Four children were born to that union, viz.: Flora E., wife of E. D. Lloyd, of Peru township, and Arthur, George W. and Verdie, deceased.  Our subject was afterward married to Catherine Sherwood, a native of Pennsylvania, who when a child came to Richland, now Morrow county.  The family are members of the Baptist Church.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 231-232
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.