Wesley G. Evans

Wesley G. Evans
Wesley G. Evans
Member of the Mississippi Senate; from the 1st district
	In office; January 1900 – January 1904
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives; from the Harrison County district
	In office; January 1890 – January 1892
Personal details
Born	January 28, 1844; Mississippi City, Mississippi
Died	September 3, 1921 (aged 77); Gulfport, Mississippi
Political party	Democrat

Wesley G. Evans Jr.[1] (January 28, 1844 - September 3, 1921) was a Mississippi politician and Democratic state legislator from Harrison County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

He was born on January 28, 1844, in Mississippi City, Mississippi.[2][3] He was the son of W. G. Evans Sr. and his wife, Lucetta (Woodruff) Evans.[4] He fought in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.[5][3] He was a lawyer by profession.[2] He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[1][6] He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1900 to 1904, representing the 1st District, consisting of Mississippi's Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties.[7] He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.[8][3]

Personal life

Evans was married to Susan Carter.[5] They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.[5]

References

"Wesley G. Evans Jr". The Chronicle-Star. June 2, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 85.
"Obituary for Senator Wes ". Jackson Daily News. September 4, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
Conerly, Luke Ward (1909). Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption. E. Russ Williams. pp. 84–85.
Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-87152-221-4.
Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 228.
Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 53.
"Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTRK-5SZM : 8 April 2020), Wesley G Evans, 1921.

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[:2-1] "Wesley G. Evans Jr". The Chronicle-Star. June 2, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

[:0-2] Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 85.

[:3-3] "Obituary for Senator Wes ". Jackson Daily News. September 4, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

[4] Conerly, Luke Ward (1909). Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption. E. Russ Williams. pp. 84–85.

[:4-5] Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-87152-221-4.

[6] Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 228.

[:1-7] Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 53.

[8] "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTRK-5SZM : 8 April 2020), Wesley G Evans, 1921.