According to the limited information I have on this family, he is the son of Pierce (1793-1862) & Mary. Pierce Evans purchased several parcels of land in Defiance Co., OH. in 1824, but seems to have moved to Richland Twp., Henry Co., OH. by 1830 where it appears to be him and his family in the census. Then in 1835, Pierce purchased several parcels of land in Williams Co., OH that total about 836 acres and in 1836 purchased still more land in Henry Co. with one parcel being in Williams Co. that totaled 400 acres. John N. is listed as 13 in the 1850 census of Defiance Co., OH. where he is listed with his parents and some of his siblings, the older ones already out on their own. Don -------------------------------------------------- From: "Evans-Richard List Administrator" <listadministratorevans@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:15 PM To: "Our Evans-Richard Rootsweb Mailing List" <EVANS-RICHARD@rootsweb.com> Subject: [EVANS-RICHARD] More interesting material on our ancestors.... JohnNewton Evans > Help needed in identifying this John Newton... Is he the son of Pierce > Evans and Mary Ann Braugher? Help!!! > > From: > Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center · University of Nevada, Reno > http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/91-42.html > > > A Guide to the Records of > John Newton Evans > Collection No. 91-42 > > John Newton Evans > John Newton Evans was born in Defiance, Ohio, in 1835 to Mr. and Mrs. > Pierce Evans. He arrived in northeastern Nevada in 1850 after driving a > herd of cattle from Ohio. Three of his brothers were already in > California and Nevada. John, or Newt as he was sometimes called by his > family, bought land in Long Valley, Lassen County, California, in > partnership with his brothers Allen and Alvaro. Together they raised > alfalfa and cattle, with Newt making several trips to the east to > purchase additional livestock. > > During Newt's 1876 trip to Ohio he met Elizabeth Metcalf, whom he > married the following year. Soon after their return to Nevada, they > purchased land north of the town of Reno, at the foot of what was to > become the University of Nevada, on Evans Avenue. There they built a > large house and raised their six children: Mary Elizabeth Evans > Robinson; John, Jr.; Pierce Rice; Rowena Evans Morghan; Nancy B. (who > died in about 1901); and Ben Allen Evans. > > Newt and his brothers eventually sold their Long Valley property and > concentrated on building their holdings near Reno and on the Humboldt > River, and on acquiring the Highland Ditch and its water rights. John N. > Evans was instrumental in having the fledgling University of Nevada > moved from Elko to Reno in 1885 and sold the state land upon which the > campus was built. He was a director of the Bank of Nevada and Farmers' > and Merchants Bank and president of the University of Nevada Board of > Regents. > > Mrs. Evans was very active in the Reno community. She was a leader of > Trinity Episcopal Church, the Twentieth Century Club, and other > organizations. She traveled to other states and made a trip to Alaska in > 1915. > > John Newton Evans died in an accident in 1904. After his death, his > widow and surviving children formed the J.N. Evans Estate Company, Inc. > to administer Evans' estate. Mrs. Evans died in 1924. The next year, the > Evans' mansion was sold to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity who used > it until 1953, when it was torn down and replaced by a ranch-style > fraternity house. The adjacent Evans property was purchased by the City > of Reno and converted into a city park (Evans Park). > > Scope and Content > The John Newton Evans Papers were donated to the Special Collections > Department in several increments by Fred Holabird and by Dr. James Herz > (as part of Dr. Herz' large gift of photographs). The bulk of the > collection came from Dr. Herz; documentation with that gift indicates > that he received it from Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Evans Robinson, daughter of > J.N. Evans. The collection consists of .5 cubic feet of materials dating > from 1892-1944. There are no restrictions on access or use of the > collection. > > Although the collection is small it contains a variety of interesting > and informative materials related to John N. Evans, his family, and his > business interests. Letters from Evans to his wife reveal details of his > cattle operations, as he usually wrote when he was out of town managing > his ranching interests or buying or selling livestock. Mary's letters > tell of events at home or of her trips to San Francisco to visit > friends. There are some miscellaneous letters, such as two from the > Reverend Samuel Unsworth, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno. > One of Unsworth's letters offers sympathy on the death of the Evans' > next-to-youngest daughter, [Nancy B. Evans]. > > Upon the death of John Newton Evans in 1904, his widow and surviving > children formed the J.N. Evans Estate Company, Inc. to manage the > estate. This collection includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, > minutes of board of directors' meetings, and other legal records. > Several of those documents list assets of the estate, both real and > personal. > > A few papers of Rowena Evans Moraghan accompanied this accession and > include correspondence, legal and financial documents, and bank records. > Other miscellaneous materials include a description of Alaska and > narrative of Mrs. Evans' sightseeing trip there in 1915; two > biographical sketches of John's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Evans and > J.N.'s life (mostly prior to his 1850 arrival in California); > organizational histories of the Twentieth Century Club of Reno, Trinity > Guild, and The Missionary Society; voluminous correspondence with the > Washington Memorial Church/Nevada National Bell Fund; assorted poems; > and newspaper clippings about Reno people and events and about the > Evans' house. > > The Herz gift also included a number of photographs of the Evans family; > those photographs remain in the Herz Photograph Collection. See the > photograph curator for more details on those images. > > Processed by: Susan Searcy > Date: October 23, 1996 > > > > Inventory: > 1. Letters from John Newton Evans to his wife. 1892-1903. > > 2. Letters from Elizabeth M. Evans to her husband, J.N. Evans. 1899; 1903. > > 3. Letters from Elizabeth M. Evans and "Aunt Mary" to Evans' daughter, > Mary Elizabeth "Bess" Robinson. 1917-1919. > > 4. Misc. letters. 187_, 1898-1944. > > 5-6. J.N. Evans Estate Company, Inc. legal papers. > > 7. "Alaska" and "An Alaskan Life" by Elizabeth Evans. 1915. > > 8-9. Rowena Evans Moraghan papers. > > 10-11. Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Evans. > > 12. "The Spirit of Missions" [history of the Missionary Society and map > of Correspondence Church Schools in Nevada]. > > 13. Report of Capital Lodge no. 110, Masonic Temple, Des Moines, Iowa. > 1946. > > 14. Twentieth Century Club bylaws, club history. > > 15. Early History of Trinity Guild [Episcopal Church]. 1944. > > 16. Nevada National Bell Fund, Washington Memorial Church. > > 17. The Prospector - Reno Junior High School. Jan. 16, 1930. > > 18. Misc. ephemera, poems, empty envelopes. > > 19-21. Newspaper clippings > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That helps.... check this out. Following are the children I had listed for Pierce [Pearce] Evans and Mary Ann Braugher Horatio Allen B John W Mary A Alfonso B Orlando Rinaldo Nancy Newton Alvara. Now I'm assuming Newton is John Newton. Is that what you assume? Don Raymond wrote: > According to the limited information I have on this family, he is the son of > Pierce (1793-1862) & Mary. Pierce Evans purchased several parcels of land > in Defiance Co., OH. in 1824, but seems to have moved to Richland Twp., > Henry Co., OH. by 1830 where it appears to be him and his family in the > census. Then in 1835, Pierce purchased several parcels of land in Williams > Co., OH that total about 836 acres and in 1836 purchased still more land in > Henry Co. with one parcel being in Williams Co. that totaled 400 acres. > John N. is listed as 13 in the 1850 census of Defiance Co., OH. where he is > listed with his parents and some of his siblings, the older ones already out > on their own. Don > >