Andrew Jackson Evans was born 1832 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., S.C., son of Samuel Robinson Evans and Mary Ann "Polly" Cowan Evans. Died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio. Body returned to Waco for burial, First Street Cemetery.
He was admitted to the bar in 1852 in Mississippi but moved to Texas before 1856 where he was elected from McLennan County to serve as a representative to the Seventh Texas State Legislature. A prominent litigator who tried cases before the Texas Supreme Court, he was also appointed as district attorney and eventually district judge.
THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS says, "During the Civil War, Judge Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco."
Following the Union victory, he served in the Texas Senate during the provisional Twelfth Texas Legislature which ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He was ousted before the start of the regular session in a February 1870 election in favor of S. W. Ford. "In 1872 Evans was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant and served for many years as the United States district attorney for the Western District of Texas" (ref., HANDBOOK OF TEXAS). In 1880 Evans was nominated United States district attorney for the West Texas District by Rutherford B. Hays (ref. SUMMITT COUNTY OH. BEACON, May 19, 1880, p.2 and Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, May 19, 1880, p.2) and held the position into the 1890s. A. J. Evans died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio and is buried in the First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. His obituary refers to his "Confederate comrades". The CSA marker in the same plot with "A.J. Evans" is also without dates. The Confederate Soldier marker was placed by the U.D.C. and family.
He was identified in numerous newspapers after the Civil War for his strong Unionist views, although he apparently had served as a Confederate soldier as well for some period, which was not unusual at in the Civil War; captured soldiers, if given a choice, often chose to serve with the army that captured them rather than go to prison. A.J. Evans' daughter was a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and active in that organization.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS; THE POLITICAL GRAVEYARD; H. L. Bentley and Thomas Pilgrim, The Texas Legal Directory for 1876–77 (Austin: Democratic Statesman Office, 1877); Frank H. Smyrl, "Unionism in Texas, 1856–1861," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 68 (October 1964).
His wife was Sarah Martha Johnson.
They married in 1859-60 and lived in Waco in the 1860 census with no children yet.
1860 census: Waco, McLennan Co, Tx:
A.J. Evans 28 SC
S.M. Evans 22
1870 census:
Waco, McLennan Co., Tx
Jackson Evans 35
Waddie Evans 9
Sidney Evans 7
Mary Evans 5
Sarah Evans 2
Esther Rummels 59
1880 census:
San Antonio, Bexar Co., Tx.:
A.J. Evans 48 U.S. District Attorney
Wattie T.M. Evans 18
Sidney Evans 15
Mary M.(H.) Evans 14
Sarah M. Evans 11
Sarah Martha Johnson Evans died March 1870 in Waco, Texas, of consumption. After her death, A.J. Evans and children moved to San Antonio, leaving their Waco home in the care of his brother Samuel, although his daughters and son Sidney returned to Waco to live with their uncle after 1880.
A.J. and Sarah Martha Evans had two sons and two daughters:
Waddie T.H. Evans 1861-d. after 1880
Sidney Evans 1863-1888
Mary Hattie Evans 1866-1943 (m. E.L. Rugg)
Sarah Martha Evans 29 Jul 1863-13 Aug 1921 (m. Wm P Beaumont)
Some researchers confuse A.J. Evans with another Andrew Jackson Evans (1 Jan 1828 Marion, Marion Co, SC, d.5 Dec 1885 Columbia, Richland Co, SC).
A couple of family trees on Ancestry.com confuse him with a different A.J. Evans who married in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Frances Ann Lessel (1830-1919), died in Wise County, Texas, and had these children: Martha 1859-, Tennessee "Tennie" 1856-1922, John S 1861-, James A 1866-1943, Simpson M 1867-, Susan 1869-, Wm Green 1873-1940, David C 1875-, and George Francis Evans 1878-.
He was admitted to the bar in 1852 in Mississippi but moved to Texas before 1856 where he was elected from McLennan County to serve as a representative to the Seventh Texas State Legislature. A prominent litigator who tried cases before the Texas Supreme Court, he was also appointed as district attorney and eventually district judge.
THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS says, "During the Civil War, Judge Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco."
Following the Union victory, he served in the Texas Senate during the provisional Twelfth Texas Legislature which ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He was ousted before the start of the regular session in a February 1870 election in favor of S. W. Ford. "In 1872 Evans was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant and served for many years as the United States district attorney for the Western District of Texas" (ref., HANDBOOK OF TEXAS). In 1880 Evans was nominated United States district attorney for the West Texas District by Rutherford B. Hays (ref. SUMMITT COUNTY OH. BEACON, May 19, 1880, p.2 and Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, May 19, 1880, p.2) and held the position into the 1890s. A. J. Evans died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio and is buried in the First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. His obituary refers to his "Confederate comrades". The CSA marker in the same plot with "A.J. Evans" is also without dates. The Confederate Soldier marker was placed by the U.D.C. and family.
He was identified in numerous newspapers after the Civil War for his strong Unionist views, although he apparently had served as a Confederate soldier as well for some period, which was not unusual at in the Civil War; captured soldiers, if given a choice, often chose to serve with the army that captured them rather than go to prison. A.J. Evans' daughter was a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and active in that organization.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS; THE POLITICAL GRAVEYARD; H. L. Bentley and Thomas Pilgrim, The Texas Legal Directory for 1876–77 (Austin: Democratic Statesman Office, 1877); Frank H. Smyrl, "Unionism in Texas, 1856–1861," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 68 (October 1964).
His wife was Sarah Martha Johnson.
They married in 1859-60 and lived in Waco in the 1860 census with no children yet.
1860 census: Waco, McLennan Co, Tx:
A.J. Evans 28 SC
S.M. Evans 22
1870 census:
Waco, McLennan Co., Tx
Jackson Evans 35
Waddie Evans 9
Sidney Evans 7
Mary Evans 5
Sarah Evans 2
Esther Rummels 59
1880 census:
San Antonio, Bexar Co., Tx.:
A.J. Evans 48 U.S. District Attorney
Wattie T.M. Evans 18
Sidney Evans 15
Mary M.(H.) Evans 14
Sarah M. Evans 11
Sarah Martha Johnson Evans died March 1870 in Waco, Texas, of consumption. After her death, A.J. Evans and children moved to San Antonio, leaving their Waco home in the care of his brother Samuel, although his daughters and son Sidney returned to Waco to live with their uncle after 1880.
A.J. and Sarah Martha Evans had two sons and two daughters:
Waddie T.H. Evans 1861-d. after 1880
Sidney Evans 1863-1888
Mary Hattie Evans 1866-1943 (m. E.L. Rugg)
Sarah Martha Evans 29 Jul 1863-13 Aug 1921 (m. Wm P Beaumont)
Some researchers confuse A.J. Evans with another Andrew Jackson Evans (1 Jan 1828 Marion, Marion Co, SC, d.5 Dec 1885 Columbia, Richland Co, SC).
A couple of family trees on Ancestry.com confuse him with a different A.J. Evans who married in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Frances Ann Lessel (1830-1919), died in Wise County, Texas, and had these children: Martha 1859-, Tennessee "Tennie" 1856-1922, John S 1861-, James A 1866-1943, Simpson M 1867-, Susan 1869-, Wm Green 1873-1940, David C 1875-, and George Francis Evans 1878-.
Andrew Jackson Evans was born 1832 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., S.C., son of Samuel Robinson Evans and Mary Ann "Polly" Cowan Evans. Died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio. Body returned to Waco for burial, First Street Cemetery.
He was admitted to the bar in 1852 in Mississippi but moved to Texas before 1856 where he was elected from McLennan County to serve as a representative to the Seventh Texas State Legislature. A prominent litigator who tried cases before the Texas Supreme Court, he was also appointed as district attorney and eventually district judge.
THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS says, "During the Civil War, Judge Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco."
Following the Union victory, he served in the Texas Senate during the provisional Twelfth Texas Legislature which ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He was ousted before the start of the regular session in a February 1870 election in favor of S. W. Ford. "In 1872 Evans was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant and served for many years as the United States district attorney for the Western District of Texas" (ref., HANDBOOK OF TEXAS). In 1880 Evans was nominated United States district attorney for the West Texas District by Rutherford B. Hays (ref. SUMMITT COUNTY OH. BEACON, May 19, 1880, p.2 and Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, May 19, 1880, p.2) and held the position into the 1890s. A. J. Evans died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio and is buried in the First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. His obituary refers to his "Confederate comrades". The CSA marker in the same plot with "A.J. Evans" is also without dates. The Confederate Soldier marker was placed by the U.D.C. and family.
He was identified in numerous newspapers after the Civil War for his strong Unionist views, although he apparently had served as a Confederate soldier as well for some period, which was not unusual at in the Civil War; captured soldiers, if given a choice, often chose to serve with the army that captured them rather than go to prison. A.J. Evans' daughter was a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and active in that organization.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS; THE POLITICAL GRAVEYARD; H. L. Bentley and Thomas Pilgrim, The Texas Legal Directory for 1876–77 (Austin: Democratic Statesman Office, 1877); Frank H. Smyrl, "Unionism in Texas, 1856–1861," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 68 (October 1964).
His wife was Sarah Martha Johnson.
They married in 1859-60 and lived in Waco in the 1860 census with no children yet.
1860 census: Waco, McLennan Co, Tx:
A.J. Evans 28 SC
S.M. Evans 22
1870 census:
Waco, McLennan Co., Tx
Jackson Evans 35
Waddie Evans 9
Sidney Evans 7
Mary Evans 5
Sarah Evans 2
Esther Rummels 59
1880 census:
San Antonio, Bexar Co., Tx.:
A.J. Evans 48 U.S. District Attorney
Wattie T.M. Evans 18
Sidney Evans 15
Mary M.(H.) Evans 14
Sarah M. Evans 11
Sarah Martha Johnson Evans died March 1870 in Waco, Texas, of consumption. After her death, A.J. Evans and children moved to San Antonio, leaving their Waco home in the care of his brother Samuel, although his daughters and son Sidney returned to Waco to live with their uncle after 1880.
A.J. and Sarah Martha Evans had two sons and two daughters:
Waddie T.H. Evans 1861-d. after 1880
Sidney Evans 1863-1888
Mary Hattie Evans 1866-1943 (m. E.L. Rugg)
Sarah Martha Evans 29 Jul 1863-13 Aug 1921 (m. Wm P Beaumont)
Some researchers confuse A.J. Evans with another Andrew Jackson Evans (1 Jan 1828 Marion, Marion Co, SC, d.5 Dec 1885 Columbia, Richland Co, SC).
A couple of family trees on Ancestry.com confuse him with a different A.J. Evans who married in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Frances Ann Lessel (1830-1919), died in Wise County, Texas, and had these children: Martha 1859-, Tennessee "Tennie" 1856-1922, John S 1861-, James A 1866-1943, Simpson M 1867-, Susan 1869-, Wm Green 1873-1940, David C 1875-, and George Francis Evans 1878-.
He was admitted to the bar in 1852 in Mississippi but moved to Texas before 1856 where he was elected from McLennan County to serve as a representative to the Seventh Texas State Legislature. A prominent litigator who tried cases before the Texas Supreme Court, he was also appointed as district attorney and eventually district judge.
THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS says, "During the Civil War, Judge Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco."
Following the Union victory, he served in the Texas Senate during the provisional Twelfth Texas Legislature which ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He was ousted before the start of the regular session in a February 1870 election in favor of S. W. Ford. "In 1872 Evans was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant and served for many years as the United States district attorney for the Western District of Texas" (ref., HANDBOOK OF TEXAS). In 1880 Evans was nominated United States district attorney for the West Texas District by Rutherford B. Hays (ref. SUMMITT COUNTY OH. BEACON, May 19, 1880, p.2 and Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, May 19, 1880, p.2) and held the position into the 1890s. A. J. Evans died August 28, 1897, in San Antonio and is buried in the First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. His obituary refers to his "Confederate comrades". The CSA marker in the same plot with "A.J. Evans" is also without dates. The Confederate Soldier marker was placed by the U.D.C. and family.
He was identified in numerous newspapers after the Civil War for his strong Unionist views, although he apparently had served as a Confederate soldier as well for some period, which was not unusual at in the Civil War; captured soldiers, if given a choice, often chose to serve with the army that captured them rather than go to prison. A.J. Evans' daughter was a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and active in that organization.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS; THE POLITICAL GRAVEYARD; H. L. Bentley and Thomas Pilgrim, The Texas Legal Directory for 1876–77 (Austin: Democratic Statesman Office, 1877); Frank H. Smyrl, "Unionism in Texas, 1856–1861," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 68 (October 1964).
His wife was Sarah Martha Johnson.
They married in 1859-60 and lived in Waco in the 1860 census with no children yet.
1860 census: Waco, McLennan Co, Tx:
A.J. Evans 28 SC
S.M. Evans 22
1870 census:
Waco, McLennan Co., Tx
Jackson Evans 35
Waddie Evans 9
Sidney Evans 7
Mary Evans 5
Sarah Evans 2
Esther Rummels 59
1880 census:
San Antonio, Bexar Co., Tx.:
A.J. Evans 48 U.S. District Attorney
Wattie T.M. Evans 18
Sidney Evans 15
Mary M.(H.) Evans 14
Sarah M. Evans 11
Sarah Martha Johnson Evans died March 1870 in Waco, Texas, of consumption. After her death, A.J. Evans and children moved to San Antonio, leaving their Waco home in the care of his brother Samuel, although his daughters and son Sidney returned to Waco to live with their uncle after 1880.
A.J. and Sarah Martha Evans had two sons and two daughters:
Waddie T.H. Evans 1861-d. after 1880
Sidney Evans 1863-1888
Mary Hattie Evans 1866-1943 (m. E.L. Rugg)
Sarah Martha Evans 29 Jul 1863-13 Aug 1921 (m. Wm P Beaumont)
Some researchers confuse A.J. Evans with another Andrew Jackson Evans (1 Jan 1828 Marion, Marion Co, SC, d.5 Dec 1885 Columbia, Richland Co, SC).
A couple of family trees on Ancestry.com confuse him with a different A.J. Evans who married in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Frances Ann Lessel (1830-1919), died in Wise County, Texas, and had these children: Martha 1859-, Tennessee "Tennie" 1856-1922, John S 1861-, James A 1866-1943, Simpson M 1867-, Susan 1869-, Wm Green 1873-1940, David C 1875-, and George Francis Evans 1878-.
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