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- !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 125-135.
-General William Evans, a son of Nathan, the second, by his second marriage, was bom in 1804, grew up to manhood and married Miss Sarah Ann Godbold, daughter of General Thomas Godbold; settled down at the place just north of Marion, and went to farming ; he succeeded well in his chosen occupation and amassed a large property; he had only two sons, James Hamilton and William Thomas ; the latter is now the Sheriff (second term) of the county; and seven daughters, viz: Catharine, Mary, Eliza Jane, Louisa, Ann M., Rosa and Margaret.
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William Thomas grew up to manhood, just in time to strike the war ; he was in college, left it and came home, volunteered and went into the war and made a good soldier, remained in it till the last; came home and married a Miss Stith, of Wilson, N. C. ; by her he had one child, a daughter ; soon after his wife died ; he has not remarried; his daughter, however, grew up, raised by her grandmother, Evans, and married Henry I. Gasque ; had two children for him, a daughter and a son; she died three or four years ago, leaving her two children and husband. ;
!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1830/1837
William Evans 46 Farmer $25,000 Marion
Sarah 43
Sarah 19
Hamilton 17
Eliza 16
Ann 14
Louisa 12
William 11
Julia 9
Margaret 7;
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