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Alfred Evans

Full Name: Alfred Evans
Birth date: November 15, 1810
Death date: 1896

Terms of Service

  • House, 7th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    11/14/1857 - 11/7/1859
     
  • House, 4th Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
(1) Born 11/15/1810 in North Carolina; resided in Austin County during the 4th and 7th legislatures. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Evans unseated Nehemiah Holland in election contest 11/14/1857. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - Alfred Evans, Austin County, age 42, born circa 1808 in South Carolina, farmer..
    Census of 1860 - A. Evans, Bell County, age 60, born circa 1800 in North Carolina, farmer
    Census of 1870 - Alfred Evans, Salado, Bell County, age 60, born circa 1810 in North Carolina, farmer.
    Census of 1880 - Alfred Evans, Bell County, age 68, born circa 1812 in North Carolina, farmer. FamilySearch . 1880 1860
    • 1870 1850
  • EVANS, ALFRED (1810-1896). "Evans probably died in 1896 and was buried in Val Verde Cemetery in Bell County." Handbook of Texas Online .
  • "In 1846 he entered the Mexican war, being a lieutenant in Captain C.C. Herbert's company . . . and became Captain of Company G, Jack Hayes' Texas regiment." A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 470-471, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, Alfred Evans. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 470-471, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

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