This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans, Gschwend Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1926 Message Board Post: Mendocino Beacon Mendocino, Mendocino Co., CA Saturday, May 11, 1895 Death of G. W. Evans The subject of this sketch died of heart failure on Navarro Ridge, this county, on Saturday, May 4, 1895. He was born May 12, 1842, and lived in the state of Maine until the Civil War broke out. He received a good, common school education. during the war he served with distinction in the 16th Maine regiment of volunteers. He lived in the state of Michigan from the close of the war until 1869, when he came to this state and county. He settled in Anderson valley, where he followed farming principally, and where he was married to Miss Mary Gschwend, one of the county's most worthy and prominent citizens. Soon after the destruction of the Gschwend grist and saw mill by fire in 1875, by which he suffered a severe loss, he moved to the southern part of the state, where he farmed for several years. He removed to Oregon where he was engaged in several business ventures. He was a man of much enterprise, but misfortune seemed to follow him, his greatest loss being his wife, who died April 30, 1891, at Ruby City, Wash. He returned to this county three years ago, and resided here until his sad and sudden death. In their bereavement the sympathy of the community is extended to his children, two girls and three boys, three of whom are of tender age. Mendocino Beacon Mendocino, Mendocino Co., CA Saturday, May 11, 1895 A Sudden Death George W. Evans, who lived near the Half-way house for some time, died suddenly Saturday morning. The coroners jury rendered the following verdict: "We, the undersigned jury, find that George W. Evans, Sr., a native of Maine, aged 53 years, came to his death at the residence of Thomas Furlong, Navarro Ridge, on the 4th day of May, 1895, from heart failure, which verdict being in accordance with the evidence given. F. G. Severance, W. J. Biggers, C. A. Lesser, W. J. Cady, H. Langley, A. Mead, John Dietz, W. Moody, jurors. Point Arena Record Point Arena, Mendocino Co., CA Friday, May 10, 1895 Mendocino Dispatch Democrate Ukiah, Mendocino Co., CA Saturday, May 17, 1895 Geo. W. Evans, of Christine, died very suddenly at Navarro last Friday. He went into Furlong's saddler shop, and not feeling well lay down on a lounge, expiring in a few minutes. Deceased was a native of Maine and about 53 years of age. He was a widower, and leaves three sons and two daughters to mourn his loss. The remains were buried Sunday in Christine cemetery.