POLLY (JENKINS) EVANS

EVANS, JENKINS

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 1/3/2002 at 17:43:17

Leon Reporter
February 28, l895

POLLY EVANS died at the home of her son, EVAN
EVANS in Eden Township,
Decatur County, Iowa, February l0th, l895, at
the age of 96 years and 26
days. Her maiden name was JENKINS, and she
was born and raised in
Kentucky. She was married to JOHN EVANS in
Kentucky some 79 years ago,
and then moved to Indiana and lived there
till l853, when her and her
husband and her three youngest sons moved to
Decatur County, Iowa and
settled on the land where she died. Her
husband died some 30 years ago.

She was the mother of l0 children, four of
whom are still living, one
daughter living in Indiana and three sons
living in Eden Township, EVAN,
JOHN S. and ANDREW. She had been a member of
the Baptist Church for
many years, was a kind neighbor and indulgent
mother and esteemed by all
who knew her. Her death was the result of
old age more than any other
cause. She was buried in the Eden Prairie
Cemetery by the side of her
husband.

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January 3, 2002