Monday, September 26, 2011

Azora George Evans (1875- )

Azora George Evans
 

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.


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