Frances C. Higley was born July 19th, 1820, at Granby, Hartford county Conn. At the age of ten years she went with her father's family to North Carolina. The sailed from New York City, and after a stormy ocean voyage of ten days, reached Wilmington, North Carolina. Her father purchased a large plantation near Fayetteville, on the Great Pedee River, where they lived for a number of years. Growing tired of the South they again moved, coming to Indiana, and settling at Allisonville, where she was married to J. Thomas Evans November 28, 1839.
In the year 1841, she with her husband, came to Holt county, MO., settling near where the village of Richville is now located. After a few years they bought and resided upon the farm upon which the town of Maitland, in Clay township now stands.
Her father Theodore Higley, and her brother Wm. G. Higley owned and lived upon the farm now owned by Judge J. R. Bradford, of Whig Valley, Mo. They being of the political party known as the old line Whigs, they named their neighborhood Whig Valley.
After living several years upon their farm in Whig Valley, they sold to Joseph White, and moved to Oregon, the county seat, when that town was in its infancy. Here they resided until the death of her husband. She has been a resident of Holt county for 56 years, with the exception of several months spent at Fort Kearney Neb., where her husband, a soldier in the Mexican war, was stationed with his company.
Many were the hardships she endured in the new country, when neighbors were many miles apart, and the red man roamed at will. St. Joseph was only a trading point for the Indians, and the nearest flouring mill being at Weston, Mo. She met all the privations and discouragements with cheerful bravery, for she was a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Coming of a long line of New England ancestors, she inherited their sterling qualities of endurance and perseverance. The Genealogy of her family shows she was of purely English blood, her ancestors coming from England in 1640 and settling in Windsor, Hartford county, Conn. She was closely related to one of the oldest and most prominent families in journalism in our country, her grandmother being Miss Anne Dana of Windsor, Conn., Mrs. Evans had few relatives in the west, the only one's remaining of her father's family being her sister Mrs. M. E. Hart, mother of E. L. Hart of Maryville, Mo., and a cousin, Maj. M. A. Higley, one of the board of regents of the University of Iowa, who resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mrs. Evans was the mother of seven children, four of who are still living, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. A. N. Glenn, Miss Mattie and J. Thomas Evans. She had six grand children and four great grand children. The grand children are Geo. K. Clark, Mrs. C. Q. Hastings, Mrs. J. N. Zachman, Mrs. S. W. Wortham, Mrs. J. O. Shellenberger and Frankie Evans. The great grandchildren are Corwin and Clara Clark, Lorine Zachman and John Hastings.
Her family were of the Presbyterian faith, for generations, but on coming to the new country her church not being represented here she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a humble Christian member until her death. Mrs. Evans died April 17th 1899, she fell into a deep sleep and passed to her rest with a smile on her face. She was laid away quietly and tenderly on April 19, at the Mound City cemetery. The funeral services were conducted from the home of her son, by Rev. A. J. Brock of the M. E. church.
This obituary is typed in it's original form and spelling, as first published on May 5, 1899, in the Holt County Sentinel, in Oregon, Missouri.
In the year 1841, she with her husband, came to Holt county, MO., settling near where the village of Richville is now located. After a few years they bought and resided upon the farm upon which the town of Maitland, in Clay township now stands.
Her father Theodore Higley, and her brother Wm. G. Higley owned and lived upon the farm now owned by Judge J. R. Bradford, of Whig Valley, Mo. They being of the political party known as the old line Whigs, they named their neighborhood Whig Valley.
After living several years upon their farm in Whig Valley, they sold to Joseph White, and moved to Oregon, the county seat, when that town was in its infancy. Here they resided until the death of her husband. She has been a resident of Holt county for 56 years, with the exception of several months spent at Fort Kearney Neb., where her husband, a soldier in the Mexican war, was stationed with his company.
Many were the hardships she endured in the new country, when neighbors were many miles apart, and the red man roamed at will. St. Joseph was only a trading point for the Indians, and the nearest flouring mill being at Weston, Mo. She met all the privations and discouragements with cheerful bravery, for she was a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Coming of a long line of New England ancestors, she inherited their sterling qualities of endurance and perseverance. The Genealogy of her family shows she was of purely English blood, her ancestors coming from England in 1640 and settling in Windsor, Hartford county, Conn. She was closely related to one of the oldest and most prominent families in journalism in our country, her grandmother being Miss Anne Dana of Windsor, Conn., Mrs. Evans had few relatives in the west, the only one's remaining of her father's family being her sister Mrs. M. E. Hart, mother of E. L. Hart of Maryville, Mo., and a cousin, Maj. M. A. Higley, one of the board of regents of the University of Iowa, who resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mrs. Evans was the mother of seven children, four of who are still living, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. A. N. Glenn, Miss Mattie and J. Thomas Evans. She had six grand children and four great grand children. The grand children are Geo. K. Clark, Mrs. C. Q. Hastings, Mrs. J. N. Zachman, Mrs. S. W. Wortham, Mrs. J. O. Shellenberger and Frankie Evans. The great grandchildren are Corwin and Clara Clark, Lorine Zachman and John Hastings.
Her family were of the Presbyterian faith, for generations, but on coming to the new country her church not being represented here she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a humble Christian member until her death. Mrs. Evans died April 17th 1899, she fell into a deep sleep and passed to her rest with a smile on her face. She was laid away quietly and tenderly on April 19, at the Mound City cemetery. The funeral services were conducted from the home of her son, by Rev. A. J. Brock of the M. E. church.
This obituary is typed in it's original form and spelling, as first published on May 5, 1899, in the Holt County Sentinel, in Oregon, Missouri.
Frances C. Higley was born July 19th, 1820, at Granby, Hartford county Conn. At the age of ten years she went with her father's family to North Carolina. The sailed from New York City, and after a stormy ocean voyage of ten days, reached Wilmington, North Carolina. Her father purchased a large plantation near Fayetteville, on the Great Pedee River, where they lived for a number of years. Growing tired of the South they again moved, coming to Indiana, and settling at Allisonville, where she was married to J. Thomas Evans November 28, 1839.
In the year 1841, she with her husband, came to Holt county, MO., settling near where the village of Richville is now located. After a few years they bought and resided upon the farm upon which the town of Maitland, in Clay township now stands.
Her father Theodore Higley, and her brother Wm. G. Higley owned and lived upon the farm now owned by Judge J. R. Bradford, of Whig Valley, Mo. They being of the political party known as the old line Whigs, they named their neighborhood Whig Valley.
After living several years upon their farm in Whig Valley, they sold to Joseph White, and moved to Oregon, the county seat, when that town was in its infancy. Here they resided until the death of her husband. She has been a resident of Holt county for 56 years, with the exception of several months spent at Fort Kearney Neb., where her husband, a soldier in the Mexican war, was stationed with his company.
Many were the hardships she endured in the new country, when neighbors were many miles apart, and the red man roamed at will. St. Joseph was only a trading point for the Indians, and the nearest flouring mill being at Weston, Mo. She met all the privations and discouragements with cheerful bravery, for she was a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Coming of a long line of New England ancestors, she inherited their sterling qualities of endurance and perseverance. The Genealogy of her family shows she was of purely English blood, her ancestors coming from England in 1640 and settling in Windsor, Hartford county, Conn. She was closely related to one of the oldest and most prominent families in journalism in our country, her grandmother being Miss Anne Dana of Windsor, Conn., Mrs. Evans had few relatives in the west, the only one's remaining of her father's family being her sister Mrs. M. E. Hart, mother of E. L. Hart of Maryville, Mo., and a cousin, Maj. M. A. Higley, one of the board of regents of the University of Iowa, who resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mrs. Evans was the mother of seven children, four of who are still living, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. A. N. Glenn, Miss Mattie and J. Thomas Evans. She had six grand children and four great grand children. The grand children are Geo. K. Clark, Mrs. C. Q. Hastings, Mrs. J. N. Zachman, Mrs. S. W. Wortham, Mrs. J. O. Shellenberger and Frankie Evans. The great grandchildren are Corwin and Clara Clark, Lorine Zachman and John Hastings.
Her family were of the Presbyterian faith, for generations, but on coming to the new country her church not being represented here she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a humble Christian member until her death. Mrs. Evans died April 17th 1899, she fell into a deep sleep and passed to her rest with a smile on her face. She was laid away quietly and tenderly on April 19, at the Mound City cemetery. The funeral services were conducted from the home of her son, by Rev. A. J. Brock of the M. E. church.
This obituary is typed in it's original form and spelling, as first published on May 5, 1899, in the Holt County Sentinel, in Oregon, Missouri.
In the year 1841, she with her husband, came to Holt county, MO., settling near where the village of Richville is now located. After a few years they bought and resided upon the farm upon which the town of Maitland, in Clay township now stands.
Her father Theodore Higley, and her brother Wm. G. Higley owned and lived upon the farm now owned by Judge J. R. Bradford, of Whig Valley, Mo. They being of the political party known as the old line Whigs, they named their neighborhood Whig Valley.
After living several years upon their farm in Whig Valley, they sold to Joseph White, and moved to Oregon, the county seat, when that town was in its infancy. Here they resided until the death of her husband. She has been a resident of Holt county for 56 years, with the exception of several months spent at Fort Kearney Neb., where her husband, a soldier in the Mexican war, was stationed with his company.
Many were the hardships she endured in the new country, when neighbors were many miles apart, and the red man roamed at will. St. Joseph was only a trading point for the Indians, and the nearest flouring mill being at Weston, Mo. She met all the privations and discouragements with cheerful bravery, for she was a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Coming of a long line of New England ancestors, she inherited their sterling qualities of endurance and perseverance. The Genealogy of her family shows she was of purely English blood, her ancestors coming from England in 1640 and settling in Windsor, Hartford county, Conn. She was closely related to one of the oldest and most prominent families in journalism in our country, her grandmother being Miss Anne Dana of Windsor, Conn., Mrs. Evans had few relatives in the west, the only one's remaining of her father's family being her sister Mrs. M. E. Hart, mother of E. L. Hart of Maryville, Mo., and a cousin, Maj. M. A. Higley, one of the board of regents of the University of Iowa, who resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mrs. Evans was the mother of seven children, four of who are still living, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. A. N. Glenn, Miss Mattie and J. Thomas Evans. She had six grand children and four great grand children. The grand children are Geo. K. Clark, Mrs. C. Q. Hastings, Mrs. J. N. Zachman, Mrs. S. W. Wortham, Mrs. J. O. Shellenberger and Frankie Evans. The great grandchildren are Corwin and Clara Clark, Lorine Zachman and John Hastings.
Her family were of the Presbyterian faith, for generations, but on coming to the new country her church not being represented here she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a humble Christian member until her death. Mrs. Evans died April 17th 1899, she fell into a deep sleep and passed to her rest with a smile on her face. She was laid away quietly and tenderly on April 19, at the Mound City cemetery. The funeral services were conducted from the home of her son, by Rev. A. J. Brock of the M. E. church.
This obituary is typed in it's original form and spelling, as first published on May 5, 1899, in the Holt County Sentinel, in Oregon, Missouri.
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