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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  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 T. Evans, M.D., is a Floyd County Virginian, born January 9, 1847, son of Dr. S. A. J. Evans, who was born in Rappahannock County, Va., in 1811. He married Sallie Jackson, who was born in Fairfax County, Va., in 1813, and is yet residing in her native State. She is a sister of Capt. James W. Jackson, who killed the celebrated Col. Ellsworth at Alexandria, Va., in 1861. The father died in 1855. Samuel T. was educated in the schools of Virginia, and in 1866 began studying medicine in the office of Dr. W. B. Hines. He first attended lectures at the University of Virginia, and subsequently at the Washington University at Baltimore, Md., and graduated from the latter institution February 22, 1869. The same year he came to Tennessee, and located at Bean Station, where he remained only a short time. Since that time, with the exception of 1872, when he served as acting assistant surgeon in the United States Navy, he has been a resident and a successful surgeon and physician of Union City, Obion Co., Tenn. In 1878 he was president of the Board of Health of Union City, and they demonstrated the fact that yellow fever could be kept out by quarantine. In 1861 he joined Pelham’s battery of Stuart’s horse artillery, with which he served until after the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. (where he was severely wounded), when he was made special courier of Gen. R. E. Lee and served in this capacity until the close of the war. In 1867 he married Sue A. Coffin who was born near Knoxville, Tenn., in 1850. They have three children: Samuel T., John C. and Robley D. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the State Medical Society, K. of P., A. O. U. W. and K. of H.

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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed.  The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee

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