JAMES P. EVANS, the popular
druggist of Bradner, was born on a farm four miles from this
city, December 16, 1861. The first representative of
the family in Ohio was his grandfather, James Evans,
a native of Massachusetts, who came to Ohio in 1824, but
returned East two years later. On locating a second
time in Ohio, he selected for his home a farm near Bradner,
and there he spent the balance of his days, passing from
earth in 1864. He was a soldier in the War of 1812.
According to the genealogical records of the Evans
family, we find that the first of the name to come to
America were seven brothers, natives of Wales, who crossed
the ocean together and sought homes in the New World.
They settled in different states, one locating in
Massachusetts, and from him this branch of the family is
descended. James Evans married Hannah Dean,
a native of Massachusetts, and they became the parents of
eight sons and one daughter, of whom two sons died in
infancy. George was a soldier in the One
Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry during the Rebellion;
Benjamin, who enlisted in Company G., Eighth Ohio
Infantry, died during service; John, a member of
Company A, One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry, was
killed in the battle of Resaca; Joseph was a soldier
in Company G, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry; and
Everett, who served during the entire period of the war, was
a member of Company G, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio
Infantry.
The father of our subject, Everett Evans, was
born near Bradner, July 24, 1839 and has spent his entire
life in Wood County, being now a prominent and successful
merchant of Bradner. By his marriage with Miss
Sarah Huffman, he had four children, namely: James
P.; Philip, who died at nine years of age; Alice,
who also passed away when nine; and Mary Eleanor, who
resides with her parents. The boyhood years of our
subject were spent on his father's farm, and he received a
practical education in the public schools. In 1880 he
embarked in the drug business at Bradner, and this he has
since conducted meeting with fair success in his work.
In addition thereto, he is extensively engaged in the oil
business, being a member of the Yellow Hammer Oil Company,
which controls large interests in the Wood County
oil-fields.
The marriage of Mr. Evans united him with
Miss Rena, daughter of O. P. Huffman, and a
cultured young lady, who is prominent in the best society of
the place. One child blesses their home, a son named
Everett P. Our subject, socially, is a
Thirty-second Degree Mason, as is his father also. He
is prominently identified with the Knights of Pythias, in
which organization he takes a lifely interest. To the
great questions before the people to-day he has given
thoughtful attention, and, believing the policy of the
Republican party will subserve the highest interests of the
people, he gives that political organization his ballot and
influence.
Source : Portrait and Biographical Record
of
City of Toledo & Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio -
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company - 1895 - Page 304 |
