When William Parson Evans was born on 13 July 1805, in North Carolina, United States, his father, John Jehu Evans, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth McMurray, was 35. He married Elizabeth Ann McEwen on 4 November 1824, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 July 1887, in Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Evans Cemetery, Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States.