Azora “George” Evans was born on December 8, 1875 in Welborn,
Conway County, Arkansas. He was the second 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.
George married Antie Bradley
on January 16, 1900 in Conway County, Arkansas. He was 24 years old
and she was 23 years. Antie was born on March 30, 1872 in Arkansas,
the daughter of Smith H. Bradley. George
and Antie had at least two children:
Susan
Blanche born 1901
Jewel born 1903
After their marriage,
the couple settled in a rented home in Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas, where
George worked as a day laborer.
In 1910, the couple
was living on Portland Gleeson Road in Howard, Conway County, Arkansas, where
George was employed as an engineer.
Azora George Evans
died on May 13, 1915 in Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas. He was buried in the Plumerville
Cemetery. George was 39 years old at his
death.
After the death of her
husband, Antie moved in with her married daughter, Blanche, and her husband,
George Lee Rainey. The Rainey home was
in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Arkansas.
By 1930, Antie and her
daughter’s family had moved into a rented home on Chelsea Street in Memphis,
Shelby County, Tennessee.
Antie Bradley Evans
died on October 23, 1939 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She was buried in the Clinton Cemetery in
Clinton, Arkansas. She was 67 years old
at her death.
Notes for Azora George
Evans
Birth &
Death: "Find A Grave
Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV5-5Q15
: accessed 29 January 2015), G. A. Evans, 1915; Burial, Plumerville, Conway,
Arkansas, United States of America, Plumerville Cemetery; citing record ID
24563700, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Residence in
1880: Year: 1880; Census Place: Welborn,
Conway, Arkansas; Roll: 41; Family History Film: 1254041; Page: 281C;
Enumeration District: 038; Image: 0306
Marriage: "Arkansas, County Marriages,
1837-1957," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMGW-5M2 : accessed 29 January 2015), G
A Evans and Antie Bradley, 16 Jan 1900; citing , Conway, Arkansas, United States,
county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,025,335.
Residence in
1900: "United States Census,
1900," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3X5-C3K : accessed 29 January 2015),
Horace Evans, Howard Township (part north of R.R.) Plummerville town, Conway,
Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication
T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.);
FHL microfilm 1,240,055.
Residence in
1910: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Howard, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: T624_47;
Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 153;
FHL Number: 1374060.
Notes for Antie
Bradley
Birth & Death: "Tennessee, Death Records,
1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS91-V8C : accessed 29 January 2015),
Mrs. G.A. Evans, 23 Oct 1939; citing Clinton Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tenn.,
cn 22627, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,880.
Residence in
1920: "United States Census,
1920," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDNW-MN7 : accessed 29 January 2015),
Antie Evans in household of George L Rainey, Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas,
United States; citing sheet 11A, family 271, NARA microfilm publication T625
(Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL
microfilm 1,820,056.
Residence in 1930: "United States Census, 1930," index
and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SP76-WV9 :
accessed 29 January 2015), Antie Evans in household of Lee Rainey, Memphis,
Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0136, sheet
18B, family 110, line 60, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.:
National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2278; FHL microfilm
2,342,012.
