Lonnie Lee Evans
Lonnie Lee Evans was born on January 13, 1874 in Welborn, Conway County, Arkansas. He was the eldest of three children born to William A. Evans and Susan C. McCaige. He was raised on the family farm in Welborn, near the home of his grandparents, LeRoy P. and Margaret Evans.
Lonnie married Tennessee “Tennie” Lee McCullough on September 24, 1895 in Conway County, Arkansas. He was 21 years old and she was 24 years. Tennie was born on November 1, 1870 in Tennessee, the daughter of Joshua McCullough and Mary Jones.
Lonnie and Tennie were the parents of eight children:
Ruth born July 20, 1897
Loreen S. born about 1899
William James born November 14, 1900
Lula Gace born March 25, 1902
Bessie Lee born July 30, 1904
Lonnie Ray born February 5, 1907
Tennie Voree born December 28, 1910
Magorie Pearl born about 1913
Lonnie and his family were living in a home on Everett Street in Wilson, Pope County, Arkansas in 1910, where he was employed as a proprietor for a roller mill. Lonnie registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918 in Pope County. At that time, he was described as short and stout, with blue eyes and brown hair.
In 1920, the family was living in a rented home on Ridge Road in Wilson, Pope County, Arkansas, where Lonnie was working as a machinist.
Lonnie Lee Evans died on February 12, 1941 in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, at the age of 67 years. His wife died the next day.
Tennessee Lee McCullough Evans died just one day after the death of her husband. She died on February 13, 1941 in the same place.
Notes for Lonnie Lee Evans
Birth, Residence, Occupation in 1918: Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Registration Location: Pope County, Arkansas; Roll: 1530572; Draft Board: 0.
Marriage, Residence, and Occupation in 1910: Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilson, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T624_61; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0096; Image: 1468; FHL Number: 1374074.
Residence & Occupation in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Wilson, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T625_77; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 537.
Death: Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.
Notes for Tennessee Lee McCullough
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.
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