|
NAVAGATION
Erie County Biographies
Names A to Be
Names Bi to Bu
Names C
Names D
Names E and F
Names G
Names H
Names I to L
Names M to O
Names P
Names Q and R
Names S to Si
Names Sk to Sw
Names T to V
Names W to Z
Companies
=========
Genesee County Biographies
Online Biographies
New York History
Erie County History
Also see [ Railway Officials in America 1906
] NEW
|
Evans, Ralph, Brant, was born in 1829 in the town of Manchester, Hartford county, Conn., and is the son of Levi
and Marilla W. Evans, who moved from their eastern home in 1830 and settled in Brant. His father died in 1861.
leaving four Sons; the oldest, Anal, lost his life in the late Rebellion. Mr. Evans is a descendant from one of
seven brothers who came from Wales and settled in Connecticut before the Revolution; and his branch of the family
were powder-makers. Mr. Evans left home when eighteen years old and learned the wagon-maker's trade, and carried
on a shop for fourteen years in Chautauqua county. He returned to Brant in 1865, when he bought his present home,
and has since been engaged in gardening and fruit raising, in which he has been very successful. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of William Stanton, and they have one son, Elwin, who keeps a store at Brant Center, and one daughter,
Linda.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
|
|