John Charles Evans
- Born: 12 May 1826, New York
- Marriage (1): Ann P. Straw on 25 Dec 1847 in Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan
- Died: 24 Sep 1902, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana at age 76
- Buried: Grace Lawn Cemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
General Notes:
ancestry.com Name:John Charles Evans Gender:Male Age:21 Birth Date:abt 1826 Marriage Date:25 Dec 1847 [actually this is date they filed intensions and were married 24 Jan 1848] Marriage Place:Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan, USA Spouse:Ann P Straw age 19 Film Number:001021044 Witnesses: O--ew Silver and R. D. Sherwood Horatio A. Strong, Minister
1850 Concord, Elkhart, IN John C Evans24; mason; born NY Ann P Evans21 b. NH Lucy M Evans1 b. Indiana
1860 Concord, Elkhart, IN John C Evans34 Ann P Evans31 Lucy A Evans11 Arthur C Evans7 Adelia G Evans3
1870 Elkhart, Elkhart, IN Charles J Evans44 born NY; brick and stone mason Ann Evans41 Lucy Evans21 Arthur Evans17 Adelia Evans12 Grace Evans5
1880 Elkhart, Elkhart, IN John C. Evans54 b. NY Ann P. Evans51 b. NH Grace Evans15 b. IN
1900 Elkhart, Elkhart, IN John C EvansHeadM74 born 26 May in New York; wd; parents b. VT Lucy E NorcrossDaughterF51Indiana; wd
ancestry.com - death records John C. Evans age 76y 4m 13d;wid; born NH; mason; died Elkhart, IN; father's name John Evans born VT; mother's name Mollie Stark b. NH; informant H. E. Wise; date of death 24 Sep 1902; cause: Natural causes [Christian Science]; burial Grace-Lawn Cemetery 26 Sept 1902
Find A Grave Memorial 99756555 n July 1867, John M. Rice sold 34.65 acres of his land to Eli Conley. In turn Eli Conley, sold part of this acreage to the city of Elkhart for the final portion that make up Grace Lawn Cemetery. Also making up that final portion of Grace Lawn, was acreage sold to the city of Elkhart by John C. and Ann P. Evans. This last portion purchased from Conley and Evans consisted of 5 acres. John C. Evans (d. 1902) and Anna P. Straw, his wife (d. 1898), are buried in Block E Lot 14. Eli Conley (d. 1907) and Sarah A. (d. 1914), his wife, are buried in Block P Lot 113. They were both very active in the city of Elkhart. John Evans was a brick mason and built many of the brick structures in early Elkhart. The most notable structure was the Davenport residence which was later owned by G.B. Pratt.
John married Ann P. Straw on 25 Dec 1847 in Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan. (Ann P. Straw was born in 1829 in New Hampshire, died on 6 Aug 1898 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana and was buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA.)
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