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Born 1850, Sugar Creek Township
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885)
TIMOTHY EVANS, carpenter and builder, Lima, was born September 28, 1850, in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam Co., Ohio, son of David and Ann (James) Evans, natives of Wales, and who came to Ohio in 1839, locating in Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, afterward moving to Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, same State. Their children were ten in number: Mary, David (deceased), John, Benjamin (deceased), Hannah (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Evan, Ann, Lucretia and Timothy; four eldest born in Wales. The father is still living; the mother died in 1882. Our subject received his early education in the county schools. and learned carpentering. He came to Lima in 1870 and began life on his own account as carpenter and builder, and has been so employed up to the present time. Though comparatively a young man, Mr. Evans has much ability and turns out first-class work. He was
UDited in marriage in October, 1880, with Miss Mary, a daughter of Thomas Reese, a native of Wales, and by this union there is one child — Franklin. Mr. Evans is a member of the I. O. O. F.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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