This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: longlocks Surnames: Shanahan, Potter, Evans, Hudgen, Replogle, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/9803.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jenny, I've figured out who these other EVANs are but not their relationship to John Wesley EVANS. Eli Evans is husband of Mary Evans and that F. M. Evans is Francis "Frank" M. Evans their son. The Mary C. Evans MAY be the daughter of John Wesley Evans and Elizabeth Replogle; the 1850 Southern Division, Desoto, MS Census shows a daughter in their hh named Catherine Evans born c1845; then in 1860 her name is given as M. C. Evans born c1847. Were Eli Evans and John Wesley Evans brothers? Do you know Eli's wife Mary's maiden name? Eli and Mary had another son named William R. Evans born c1838 in TN; what became of him? Odd thing about the 1880 census rec for Mary Evans and her son Francis "Frank" M. Evans - says that he is a widower. I see no evidence of his ever having been married (based on the 1850, 1860, 1870 census records for him). If this 1880 record is not a clerical error on the part of the census taker then Francis "Frank" M. Evans married after 21 Jul 1870 and his wife died before the enumeration date of the next census [15 Jun 1880] and she is NOT buried in the same cemetery w/ him. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.