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Surnames: Evans, Stevenson
Classification: Query
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I have found a cemetery stone just across the state line in North Gilead Cemetery, Branch
County MI, for a Jesse D. Evans, who died at the age of 73y., 3 m., 4 d., on June 21,
1867, of dropsy. He died in Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, and he is buried next to the
first wife, Susan CREIGHTON Evans, of a William S. Evans who was then living in Lagrange
County IN.
The man was a cooper by trade, was born in Maryland, and was a widower at the time,
according to the records of Branch County, Michigan.
Apparently no obituary of him exists, and I cannot assume that this man is the father of
William S. Evans (1817-1889) . But he's a very good candidate in the absence of
contrary evidence. Note: parents of William S. Evans are not identified in his obituary.