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Birth:          12 Oct 1849 LaGrange, Fayette Co., Tex.
Death:          13 Jan 1925 Valentine, Jeff Davis Co., Tex.
Cause of Death: influenza
Burial:         15 Jan 1925 Valentine, Tex.

Notes
1981 book:
George was a rancher and stock raiser.
	In 1880 George and his family lived in Lampasas Co., Tex. In July of 1884 
they moved to Jeff Davis Co., Tex., where they lived in 1900.
Source: 1880, 1900 Tex. census; Reddell, Evans Gen.; Pansy Espy (1E554441)
Aug 2002 info from Virginia Joiner
ancestry.com (posted 1/1/2004 Lisa Hale LLHALE@YAHOO.COM)
1860 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Tex.
1870 in Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Tex. stock raiser
1880 in Precinct 2, Lampasas Co., Tex. stock raiser
1900 in Justice Precinct 4, Jeff Davis Co., Tex. stock raiser
next door is his stepmother Rhoda, his stepbrother and his half sister Chance
1910 in Justice Precinct 3, Jeff Davis Co., Tex. stockman (says his father b Mich. 
maybe that's how the misinformation began?)
1920 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Tex. livestock business
also with them is Rhoda Evans, sister in law, and Chance Chance?? Niece
See pdf file in database (newspaper article) sent by Jim Holt (a Means desc).

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/texasclassics/traildrivers/txu-oclc-12198638-c-
0328.html  picture in file

GEORGE W. EVANS

George Wesley Evans, now a prominent ranchman of Jeff Davis County, was born at 
LaGrange, Texas, October 12, 1849, and has spent his life on the frontier of this 
state. He resided in Fayette County until the early eighties, and when that section 
began to settle up he moved to the Davis Mountains in Western Texas, where he has 
resided ever since, following the stock business successfully and becoming one of the 
prominent cattlemen of that region. As long as the range was open he raised the old 
Texas longhorns for market, but with the coming of wire fences he began to import 
Durham and Hereford bulls, and his herds of whitefaces are now among the best in the 
Southwest. 
In 1878 Mr. Evans was married to Miss Kate Isabel Means, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Frank Means of Lampasas County. Their children are William F., Joe M., Lee S., G. W. 
Jr., Rube M., Ell B., Paul M., Katie Grace, and Amos Graves Means. Mr. Evans resides 
at Valentine, Texas.
Texas Death Rec on familysearchlabs.org
confirms birth year says b Gonzales Co. 

Parents
EVANS William Musgrove (21 Apr 1821 - 25 Nov 1884)
MAULE Anna E. (13 Sep 1823 - BEF 1880)

Siblings
EVANS Samuel Musgrove (13 Feb 1842 - 11 Apr 1906)
EVANS Kate Abi (18 Jul 1843 - 4 May 1864)
EVANS Mary Eliza (7 Jan 1846 - )
EVANS George Wesley (12 Oct 1849 - 13 Jan 1925)
EVANS Thomas E. ("Tom") (1 Mar 1853 - 28 Sep 1870)

Marriage To MEANS Catherine ("Kate") Isabel (1 Jul 1861 - 19 Oct 1945)
    m. 24 Jul 1878 

Notes

Parents
MEANS Frank ()
----- Berlinda ()

Children by MEANS Catherine ("Kate") Isabel 1 Jul 1861 - 19 Oct 1945
EVANS William Franklin (24 Oct 1879 - 10 Apr 1963)
EVANS Joseph McLean (Oct 1881 - 3 Sep 1966)
EVANS Lee S. (3 Jul 1885 - 22 Jun 1962)
EVANS George Wesley ("Dub") (5 Oct 1887 - 3 May 1967)
EVANS Reuben Musgrove (25 Feb 1890 - 5 Mar 1961)
EVANS Ell Bean (Marion L.) (17 Jun 1892 - 11 Dec 1972)
EVANS Paul Means (15 Jun 1895 - 24 Nov 1975)
EVANS Kate Grace (29 May 1898 - Dec 1982)
EVANS Amos Graves (21 Nov 1904 - 24 Feb 1988)

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