About Wesley G. Evans
Lived 1844 – 1921 (aged 77). Wesley G. Evans was an American politician.
Wesley Griffin Evans Jr. (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. He was the son of W. G. Evans Sr. and his wife, Lucetta Woodruff Evans. He fought in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. In 1881 he began to study law, and eventually became a licensed lawyer in Mississippi. 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. He died on September 3, 1921, in his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Personal life Evans was married to Susan Carter.
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Wesley G. Evans was born on 28 January 1844 in Mississippi City.
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Wesley G. Evans died on 3 September 1921 in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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