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Henry Clay Evans
October 15, 1844 - March 4, 1907
Born in Evansville, Washington County, AR.
Emigrated with his family to Gonzales County, TX in 1852.
Resided in Hopkinsville, Gonzales County, TX with parents and two siblings;
occupied as a farmer.
Mustered in with Company C in Houston on September 12, 1861.
Elected 4th Corporal
Promoted to 2nd Corporal by August 1862.
Left sick near Cleveland, TN in November 1863.
Returned to regiment by September 1864 and court-martialed for absence without
leave.
Said to have been wounded, date unknown.
Engaged in the cattle business after the war.
Gonzales Inquirer article - H. C. Evans family moving, January 7, 1888.
Moved to New Mexico around 1904.
Died in St. Mary's hospital at Roswell, NM on March 4, 1907.
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| 1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image) | ||
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| 1850 Census - AR, Washington County, Vineyard, Page 424B, Dwelling 64, Family 64, (185/215) | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Lewis Evans | 51 | M | Trader | NC | |||||
| Eliza Evans | 41 | F | NC | ||||||
| Mark Evans | 19 | M | Student | AR | |||||
| Albert Evans | 17 | M | AR | Y | |||||
| DeWit Evans | 15 | M | AR | Y | |||||
| Mary Evans | 9 | F | AR | Y | |||||
| Henry Evans | 7 | M | AR | Y | |||||
| Lewis Evans | 3 | M | AR | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Gonzales, Page 128, Dwelling 803, Family 750, (21/20) | ||||||||||
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| L. Evans | 59 | M | NC | |||||||
| Eliza Evans | 58 | F | NC | |||||||
| Mary Evans | 18 | F | AR | |||||||
| H. Clay Evans | 16 | M | AR | |||||||
| Lewis Clay Evans | 14 | M | AR | |||||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Gonzales County, Gonzales, Page, Dwelling 161, Family 161, (24/32) | |||||||||||
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| James Matthiew | 49 | M | W | Sheriff | $300 | W. Indies | Parents Foreign Born | ||||
| Eliza S. Matthiew | 50 | F | W | Keeping House | $2,600 | $450 | MS | ||||
| Euphemia Matthiew | 19 | F | W | Keeping House | TX | Father Foreign Born | |||||
| Samiel Matthiew | 14 | F | W | At School | TX | Father Foreign Born | Y | ||||
| Joseph Matthiew | 9 | M | W | At School | TX | Father Foreign Born | Y | ||||
| Henry C. Evans | 25 | M | W | Deputy Sheriff | $400 | $175 | AR | ||||
| Dora H. Evans | 17 | F | W | TX | Father Foreign Born | Y | |||||
| Esther Matthiew | 28 | F | B | Cook | TX | N | |||||
| Sarah Matthiew | 6 | M | M | TX | |||||||
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| Related Links: | ||
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Court Martial of Pvt. H. C. Evans, Oct. 1864 Texans who wear the Gray: H. C. Evans (offsite) Confederate Biography: H. C. Evans - Smith County, TX (offsite) Wes Evans' "Wes Evans Genealogy File" gedcom (offsite) Joshua Laymon's "Laymon Family History" gedcom (offsite) Bonnie Mize's "Ritter Family" gedcom (offsite) Descendants of Jesse Evans (offsite) LDS Individual Record: Henry Evans |
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. Johnson, Sidney S. Texans Who Wore the Gray. Tyler, Texas, 1907. |
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(offsite) Evans, H.C., daughter Fanny Laura died, Vol.
41 No. 1 Gonz.Inq. 15 Jun 1893 |
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