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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.
- The late Thomas Evans married a Miss Daniel, a Virginia lady, a most excellent woman, and a woman of more than ordinary culture for her day and time ; the fruits of this marriage were ten sons and one daughter. The father, Thomas Evans, was quite a prominent man in his day-Representative and Senator from his county in the State Legislature, Commissioner in Equity, and a useful man generally ; he died in middle life- I think, in 1845 ; the names of his sons, as remembered, were Chesly D., Thomas, Nathan G., James, Beverly, Jackson, William, Asa, Alfred and Woodson ; the daughter, Sarah, who married R. L. Singletary, on the west side of Great Pee Dee, who has children grown and married.
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James E. Evans, another son of Thomas Evans (senior), was a doctor, and did service in the war as a surgeon; married a Virginia lady, and after the war returned to South Carolina, located as a physician at Little Rock, in his native county, and remained there doing a good practice for several years ; then removed to Florence, and continued his practice there till the present time. He is eminent in his profession, is Secretary to the State Board of Health, and President of the State Board of Medical Examiners for the examination of applicants to practice in the State, as required by law — quite a distinguished position; he is a man of high character and of excellent morals; has a- family, children grown, the number and names unknown; has a daughter married to Hon. F. B. Gary, present Speaker of the House of Representatives of the South Carolina Legislature, and at present a candidate for Governor of the State.
!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC Marion Village # 1812/1819 Boarding House
Jane B. Evans 54 ~ $8000 NC
Thomas 28 Lawyer Marion
Andrew 22 School Teacher
Alfred 20 Farming
James 18
Asa 16 Printing
William 14
Sarah 10
Woodson 8
Cunnigham McClenneghan 21 Law Student Canada
Joseph R. N. Tenchet 28 Printer Charleston
John C. Sutherland 35 School Teacher NC
Archibald Q. McDuffie 35 Lawyer SC
John McRae 32 Rail R. Clerk NC
William McDuffie 16 Printer SC
Alexander Fryar 18 Printer SC;
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