Wesley G. Evans Explained

State Senate:Mississippi
District:1st
Termstart:January 1900
Termend:January 1904
Birth Date:28 January 1844
Birth Place:Mississippi City, Mississippi, U.S.
Death Place:Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Party:Democratic
State House1:Mississippi
District1:Harrison County
Termstart1:January 1890
Termend1:January 1892

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] He was a lawyer by profession. He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[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]

Personal life

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

References

  1. News: 1899-06-02 . Wesley G. Evans Jr. . 2 . The Chronicle-Star . 2022-09-08.
  2. Book: Mississippi. Department Reports. 1900. 85. en.
  3. News: 1921-09-04 . Obituary for Senator Wes . . 3 . Jackson Daily News . 2022-09-08.
  4. Book: Conerly, Luke Ward . Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption . 1909 . E. Russ Williams . 84–85 . en.
  5. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . 1907 . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 978-0-87152-221-4 . 241 . en.
  6. Book: Rowland, Dunbar. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. 1917. Department of Archives and History. 228. en.
  7. Book: Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1900. Secretary of State.. 53. en.
  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.