of Columbus, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
George W. Evans d. 1859
parents(Evans, grandfather of subject) & Eleanor Towson
George W. Evans⚭ Mary Zimmerman
childrenWilliam Edgar Evans
Their story
What the record says
Portrait and Biographical Record, Ohio.
Came as a lad to Ross county, Ohio (Green township).
Stone-cutter, superintended stone work on Girard College, Philadelphia (1843) and the State capitol at Columbus.
Methodist Episcopal, Whig.
Died April 1859.
Had two children.
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