Peter Evans and Elsie Hadley

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Husband Peter Evans ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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            AKA: William Peter Evans 3
           Born: 5 Oct 1804 - Lancaster Co, PA 2 6
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           Died: 1882 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 3 6
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         Father: Walter Evans (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1828 2

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Wife Elsie Hadley ^{3 5 6}

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           Born: 1810 - Chautauqua Co, NY 3 6
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           Died: 1883 3 6
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         Father: Stephen Hadley (      -      ) 3 6
         Mother: [Unk] Owens (      -      )

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Children

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1 M Henry H. Evans ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1828 - Chautauqua Co, NY 2
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           Died: Aft 1887
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         Spouse: Mary Kemble (      -      ) 2 5
           Marr: 1 Jan 1852 2

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2 F Elizabeth Evans ^{1 3}

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           Died: Aft 1887
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         Spouse: William Cummings (      -1878) 1

         Spouse: Robert S. Davis (1824-      ) 1

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3 M George W. Evans ³

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           Died: Aft 1887
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4 M Walter C. Evans ³

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5 M Stephen Hadley Evans ^{3 4}

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           Born: 8 Dec 1838 - Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: Aft 1899
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         Spouse: Emaline Magill (Abt 1840-1863/1964) 7

         Spouse: Eveline Magill (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1865 6 8

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6 F Ellen Evans ³

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Evans

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He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where, when grown to manhood, he learned the trade of a boat-builder, and followed his trade in Chautauqua County, New York. In 1823, in a large canoe which he had built, he brought his household goods and his family, which consisted of his wife and one child, down the Allegheny River to Franklin, Pennsylvania, then by pushing and pulling the canoe up French Creek he succeeded in getting to Cochranton. There he bought fifty acres of wild land, covered with white oak timber, and built a rude log cabin for the accommodation of his family. He then began the arduous task of clearing and cultivating the land, which cost him but three dollars an acre, and when cleared, was sold for one hundred dollars an acre. After living there many years engaged in farming and lumbering, he sold his farm and retired to Tidioute in 1867, where his death later occurred. [BOB37JD, 372]

He was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Crawford County in 1810, when six years of age. [HCC 1885, 1108]

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General Notes: Wife - Elsie Hadley

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Her mother (another source says her father) died young and she was reared by her mother's sister, Mrs. George W. Fenton, the mother of ex-Governor Reuben E. Fenton.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1108.

2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Bios xxx.

3 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 372.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 191.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 157.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 192.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1097.

8 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 374.