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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Samuel D. Evans was born in Potosi, Washington Co., Mo., January 27, 1833. His father, Joseph Evans, a butcher by occupation, was a native of the State of New York, who removed to St. Louis, Mo., in the year 1820, and in 1824 settled in Potosi, where he worked at his trade until his death, which occurred in 1863; he married Abagail Dunn, a native of Piscataway, N. J., who died in 1867. In a family of five children Samuel D. was the third son and child, and was reared in Washington County to the occupations of farming and mining. In 1855 he went to California where he remained until the year 1869, when he returned to his home, where he has since been engaged in the pursuit of agriculture and owns 102 acres of well-cultivated land. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah P. Tilson, who was also born in Washington County, and is a daughter of Lewis and Amanda Tilson. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have six children, viz.: Elmer, E., Edward E., Essie, Levi, Bradford and Maggie.
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