JOHN W. EVANS
John W. Evans, a farmer near Jerome and a native of Frederick County, Va., was born December 12, 1821. His father, William Evans, was born in Wales, and came to the United States with his parents when young. His mother, Christina Lockmiller, was a native of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, the parents of our subject, removed with their children to Ohio in 1837, and settled near Zanesville. In 1839, they moved to Delaware County, and in 1846 to Franklin County, where Mr. Evans died. He served through the last war with Great Britain, as a private. John is the second son and fourth child of a family of thirteen children. He came to Jerome Township in 1842, and worked for nine years in the Beach Ashery. Of these years' earnings he saved enough to buy fifty-five and one-half acres of land. May 18, 1845, he was married to Miss Phebe Green, daughter of Caleb and Catharine Green, by whom he had one child-Catharine A., born August 21, 1846. She married David R. Ashbaugh, and had three children-Ida M., born November 8, 1867; John L., born February 18, 1869, and Earnest L., born July 18, 1871. Mrs. Ashbaugh departed this life October 19, 1880. Mr. Evans owns a farm of 240 acres, and is by occupation a farmer and stock-miser. He was Trustee of Jerome seven years, and filled other local offices.<>