The 2 Oct 1879 issue of the Cambridge Jeffersonian contains an Obit for Nathan Evans. Following was also on same page. "Capt. A.H. Evans of Zanesville, T.W. Evans of St. Joseph, MO and Geo. E. Evans of Lincoln, NE were here to attend the funeral of their father the Hon. Nathan Evans." The Obit shows he had 4 survivng children and he was married three times. > [Original Message] > From: Lainee Denton-Jones <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/11/2005 1:27:22 PM > Subject: [OHGUERNS] Nathan Evans 1804-1879 > > I am hoping someone can help me. I am trying to find out a will for > Nathan Evans. He was born 24 Jun 1804 in Belmont County and died 27 > Sept 1879 in Cambridge, Guernsey County. Buried in South Cemetery in > Cambridge. I find the following online: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > EVANS, Nathan, a Representative from Ohio; born in Belmont County, > Ohio, June 24, 1804; county clerk of Belmont County in 1827 and 1828; > taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and > commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ohio; moved to Cambridge, Ohio, in > 1832; mayor of Cambridge in 1841; prosecuting attorney of Guernsey > County 1842-1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first > Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for > renomination in 1850; resumed the practice of law in Cambridge; again > mayor of Cambridge 1855-1857; judge of the court of common pleas > 1859-1864; resumed the practice of law; died in Cambridge, Ohio, > September 27, 1879; interment in South Cemetery. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Other than this I haven't really been able to find anything else > online. I do find a few genealogies online but no "proof" that this > is the Nathan Evans I am looking for and hope that a will would > clarify who his descendants are and give me the "proof" I need. > > Thanks so very much in advance for any and all help! > > Lainee Denton-Jones > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/2005 >
Thanks so very much! Can you by any chance tell me how to get that obituary? Thanks again! Lainee At 04:20 PM 9/11/2005, Robert Fuller wrote: >The 2 Oct 1879 issue of the Cambridge Jeffersonian contains an Obit for >Nathan Evans. Following was also on same page. >"Capt. A.H. Evans of Zanesville, T.W. Evans of St. Joseph, MO and Geo. E. >Evans of Lincoln, NE were here to attend the funeral of their father the >Hon. Nathan Evans." > >The Obit shows he had 4 survivng children and he was married three times. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Lainee Denton-Jones <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 9/11/2005 1:27:22 PM > > Subject: [OHGUERNS] Nathan Evans 1804-1879 > > > > I am hoping someone can help me. I am trying to find out a will for > > Nathan Evans. He was born 24 Jun 1804 in Belmont County and died 27 > > Sept 1879 in Cambridge, Guernsey County. Buried in South Cemetery in > > Cambridge. I find the following online: > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > EVANS, Nathan, a Representative from Ohio; born in Belmont County, > > Ohio, June 24, 1804; county clerk of Belmont County in 1827 and 1828; > > taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and > > commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ohio; moved to Cambridge, Ohio, in > > 1832; mayor of Cambridge in 1841; prosecuting attorney of Guernsey > > County 1842-1846; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first > > Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for > > renomination in 1850; resumed the practice of law in Cambridge; again > > mayor of Cambridge 1855-1857; judge of the court of common pleas > > 1859-1864; resumed the practice of law; died in Cambridge, Ohio, > > September 27, 1879; interment in South Cemetery. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Other than this I haven't really been able to find anything else > > online. I do find a few genealogies online but no "proof" that this > > is the Nathan Evans I am looking for and hope that a will would > > clarify who his descendants are and give me the "proof" I need. > > > > Thanks so very much in advance for any and all help! > > > > Lainee Denton-Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/2005