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Pvt Israel Evans

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Pvt Israel Evans

Birth
Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Death
1 May 1896 (aged 67)
Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Son of David J. Evans & Mary Beck

Married Matilda Ann Thomas, 1 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Evans, Israel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born Oct. 2, 1828, at Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, a son of David Evans and Mary Beck. He was baptized when eight years old in Missouri, was at the Haun's Mill Massacre in Missouri Oct. 30, 1838, his mother and himself hiding in the underbrush. He enlisted as a private in Company B of the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and marched overland te California. After disbanding he went to work at Sutter's Mill, where gold was discovered, worked long enough to enable him te return to Utah, and arrived in Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1, 1848. He married Matilda A. Thomas Jan. 1, 1849, settled in Lehi, Utah, filled a mission to England in 1853-1857, and on his return had charge of the Israel Evans handcart company, consisting of 31 handcarts and 134 souls. He was mayor of Lehi one term, and a member of the city council. He died May 31, 1896, in Lehi, respected by all who knew him.

* Mormon Battalion members
Son of David J. Evans & Mary Beck

Married Matilda Ann Thomas, 1 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4

Evans, Israel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born Oct. 2, 1828, at Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, a son of David Evans and Mary Beck. He was baptized when eight years old in Missouri, was at the Haun's Mill Massacre in Missouri Oct. 30, 1838, his mother and himself hiding in the underbrush. He enlisted as a private in Company B of the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and marched overland te California. After disbanding he went to work at Sutter's Mill, where gold was discovered, worked long enough to enable him te return to Utah, and arrived in Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1, 1848. He married Matilda A. Thomas Jan. 1, 1849, settled in Lehi, Utah, filled a mission to England in 1853-1857, and on his return had charge of the Israel Evans handcart company, consisting of 31 handcarts and 134 souls. He was mayor of Lehi one term, and a member of the city council. He died May 31, 1896, in Lehi, respected by all who knew him.

* Mormon Battalion members

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