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Language
English
Abstract
Papers of Hugh Evans (1769-1873) of Preston County, West Virginia, and Charles W. Evans (1867-1952) of Taylor County and Marion
County, West Virginia. Hugh Evans, founder of Evansville, was grandfather of Charles. Includes correspondence and financial
papers of Hugh Evans (1829-1844), and essays by Charles from his time at Fairmont State Normal School and West Virginia University
(1887-1891, undated).
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hugh and Charles W. Evans Papers, A&M 3902, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
More information on these two men can be found in Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley , by James Morton Callahan (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1912).