Adolphus Evans

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

EVANS, ADOLPHUS K.; Farmer; was born in Radnor Township, October 21, 1851. He traces his ancestry from Jenkin Evans, who was born in Wales in 1693, and came to America with his brother David, his father and mother died on the ocean. His son, Walter, was the great-great-grandfather of Adolphus, and was born in 1723. The great-grandfather, also named Walter, was born December 2, 1751, and married Mary Smith, born January 22, 1760. Evan Evans, the grandfather, was born March 18, 1789, and was married March 3, 1818, to Amelia Morris, born January 25, 1786. Adolphus Evans, father of Walter M. Evans, was born at Norristown, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1820, and died in 1869; his mother, Mary Dickison, a native of Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, was born April 2, 1823 and died October 9, 1899. She was the daughter of John and Polly (White) Dickison; the former died May 12, 1854. Evan Evans came to Chillicothe, Illinois, during the early settlement of the country and purchased a farm in the vicinity. Walter M. Evans and his father moved to Radnor Township and purchased a grist mill, which they rebuilt and managed for many years. They also owned land and carried on farming. Mr. Adolphus Evans married Lucy Secretan in Limestone Township, May 4, 1887; they have had two children: David A., born October 14, 1888; and Eugene Howard, born July 10, 1890, died December 17, 1890. Mrs. Evans was born in Kickapoo Township, May 10, 1861, and died December 16, 1891. Mr. Evans has three brothers: Evan, a farmer in Radnor Township; Aaron J.; and David G., who resides in Princeville. Adolphus and his brother, Aaron J., who lives with him, own about five hundred acres of land. Mr. Evans has served as School Director several terms. He is independent in politics.

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