Stephen Hadley Evans and Emaline Magill

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Husband Stephen Hadley Evans ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Dec 1838 - Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Aft 1899
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         Father: Peter Evans (1804-1882) 1 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Elsie Hadley (1810-1883) 1 5 6

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   Other Spouse: Eveline Magill (      -      ) 2 - 1865 6 7

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Wife Emaline Magill ⁸

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            AKA: Emma Magill,9 Emeline McGill 7
           Born: Abt 1840
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           Died: 1863 or 1964 6 7
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         Father: Arthur C. Magill, Jr. (1816-1862) 7 8 10 11
         Mother: Jane Courson (1821-1897/1898) 8 10 11

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Children

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1 M Harry Evans ^{6 7}

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         Spouse: Kittie Carter (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Hadley Evans

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He attended the public schools of his native place, after which he was a pupil at the Meadville Academy. He then went to Tidioute, Pennsylvania, in 1859, to study medicine with Dr. Charles Kimble. In the meantime he taught school in the Joseph Magee district, also teaching classes in penmanship. After closing his school in April, 1860, being desirous of taking a little trip, and being offered a place on a raft down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, he readily accepted the opportunity and was soon started on his journey. When at Pittsburgh, the raft was attached to three others to be run down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, and he continued on his way down the Ohio River to Maysville, Kentucky, where he visited his brother Walter, who was a teacher there. His return trip was accomplished by steamer to Cincinnati, by railroad to Erie, and thence by stage to Meadville and Tidioute.
In August, 1862, Mr. Evans enlisted in the Union Army, and was elected second lieutenant of Company F, 145th Reg., Penn. Vol., under Col. H. L. Brown. The fourth day after being mustered into the regiment at Erie, the company was taken in a box car to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, thence to Antietam, where, with a strength of one thousand men, they supported a battery. The next day after the Antietam battle his regiment buried the bodies of five hundred confederates. After this they marched to Harper's Ferry, then camped at Bolivar Heights, one month, and afterwards marched up the Shenandoah Valley, where they were engaged in many skirmishes. Among the most important battles in which Mr. Evans participated was the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, where the Union Army met with heavy losses, his company and regiment losing over fifty per cent. After that his company did light service and picket duty until Mr. Evans was smitten with fever, and was compelled to resign, receiving his discharge March 31, 1863.
Shortly after his return home, President Lincoln appointed him postmaster of Tidioute, in which capacity he served for ten years. During this time Tidioute enjoyed an "oil boom." and the office was changed from fifth to first class, while a similar change took place in the postmaster's salary. At first he was paid only $330 per year, but at the close of his administration $3,200 was paid, and two additional clerks were required to dispose of the business. In 1865, Mr. Evans became associated with W. R. Dawson in the mercantile business, continuing for eleven years, when he then sold his interest to Mr. Dawson. Mr. Evans, wishing an outdoor life for himself, and also for his sons, then purchased 125 acres of woodland adjoining the town of Tidioute; this purchase was a part of the McGuire tract. After clearing about seventy-five acres, he built two tenement houses, and two large, modern barns. Being a lover of fine stock, Mr. Evans next turned his attention to stock raising, and purchased for that purpose some fine, registered Jersey cattle. After this he devoted almost his entire attention to that business, and the reputation of his stock spread throughout the United States. After the establishment of his stock farm, Mr. Evans shipped over one hundred head of registered Jersey cattle to different parts of the country, having sent two car loads direct to Texas, and a similar shipment to West Virginia,-realizing in return, from $50 to $500 a head.
In addition to his other enterprises, Mr. Evans was also one of the oil producers of his section. He was a stanch Republican, and served as councilman. He was a Christian, having been a strict member of the M. E. Church since he was thirteen years of age, and having served as steward, trustee, etc. He was a member, and also a past grand, of the I. O. O. F., and was past master of the F. & A. M. lodge. He served four years as adjutant of Col. Geo. A. Cobham Post, G. A. R. [BOB37JD, 372]

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

2 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.

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

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

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

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

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 181.

10 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 459.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 180.