Brief Life History of Henry Clay
When Henry Clay Evans was born on 18 June 1843, in Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jesse Bateman Evans, was 35 and his mother, Anna Shingle, was 35. He married Adelaide Parthenia Durand on 18 February 1869. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lancaster, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1900. He died on 12 December 1921, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.
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- Henry Clay Evanes, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Clay Evans - Published information: birth: 18 June 1843; Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States
- H. Clay Evans, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Cornerstone of the Washington Monument
President James K. Polk laid the cornerstone for the Washington Monument on July 4, 1848. Afterwards, each of the existing states are welcomed to do the same.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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EVANS, Henry Clay, manufacturer; born Juniata County, Pa., June 18, 1843; son of Jesse B. and Anna (Shingle) Evans; received academic education; married Adelaide Durand, Feb. 18, 1869; Republican; fo …
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