Brief Life History of Terrell A
When Terrell A Evans was born on 20 December 1849, in Mississippi, United States, his father, James Evans, was 36 and his mother, Harriet Evans, was 36. He married Fannie A. Anderson on 17 December 1874, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Rusk, Texas, United States in 1880 and Choctaw Nation Reservation, Indian Territory, United States in 1900. He died on 22 September 1902, in Durant, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Durant, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Thomas Evans, "United States Census, 1900"
- Terrel A Evans, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Terrell Evans, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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