Wesley G. Evans

Wesley G. Evans
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 1st district
In office
January 1900 – January 1904
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Harrison County district
In office
January 1890 – January 1892
Personal details
Born(1844-01-28)January 28, 1844
Mississippi City, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedSeptember 3, 1921(1921-09-03) (aged 77)
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
PartyDemocratic

Wesley Griffin Evans Jr.[1][2] (January 28, 1844 – September 3, 1921) was a Mississippi politician and Democratic state legislator from Harrison County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

He was born on January 28, 1844, in Mississippi City, Mississippi.[3][4] He was the son of W. G. Evans Sr. and his wife, Lucetta Woodruff Evans.[5] He fought in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.[6][4]After returning from the war he became a sawmiller for a short period of time.[7] In 1881 he began to study law, and eventually became a licensed lawyer in Mississippi.[3][7] He represented Harrison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1890 to 1892.[1][8] He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1900 to 1904, representing the 1st District, consisting of Mississippi's Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties.[9] He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.[10][4] He was known during his life for the creation of Evans Road Law, a law that gave bonds and tax levies to those who worked on improving roads in Mississippi.[11][7][12][13]

Personal life

Evans was married to Susan Carter.[6] They had a son named Thomas Marshall Evans, who was born in 1862 and later became a lawyer in Gulfport.[6] He later married Alice Walden, and their son, Houston Hewes Evans (born 1895), served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1920 to 1932.[2] Evans was related to another Mississippi politician, M. M. Evans.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wesley G. Evans Jr". The Chronicle-Star. June 2, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1924). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 213–214.
  3. 1 2 Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 85.
  4. 1 2 3 "Obituary for Senator Wes ". Jackson Daily News. September 4, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Conerly, Luke Ward (1909). Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1876: Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers, Reconstruction and Redemption. E. Russ Williams. pp. 84–85.
  6. 1 2 3 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-87152-221-4. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. 1 2 3 "RESOLUTIONS". Sun Herald. October 10, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  8. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 228.
  9. ↑ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 53.
  10. ↑ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTRK-5SZM  : 8 April 2020), Wesley G Evans, 1921.
  11. ↑ "SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF OUR GREAT COMMONWEALTH". Marion County Progress. October 28, 1909. p. 5. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  12. ↑ "ELMER COMMENTS ON REPEAL OF LAW". Sun Herald. January 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Evans Road Law. To the Editor of the Herald:". The Biloxi Herald. July 24, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Obituary for M EVANS Evans". Sun Herald. October 10, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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