Son of S. and B. Evilizer, Aged: 39 Years, 9 Months, 16 Days.
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From the Missouri Pre-1910 Death Records #35:
Farmer, lived in Missouri 37 years, died of gun shot wound.
Evilsizer, Thomas Jefferson
DEATHS: Ray MO date of report 3 Jan 1884, Thomas Jefferson EVILSIZER 39 years, 9
Months, 16 days, farmer died 20 Nov 1883 at 2 pm married b TN res in state 37 years
died at Grape Grove township of gunshot buried Millville 21 Nov 1883.

Thomas Miller husband of Melinda Evilsizer borrowed a horse from Sinclair and later he sold the horse to someone else. A lawsuit ensued and while it was pending Jeff was shot by someone who came to the door at night. He lived long enough to say it was Billy Miller (Tom and Malindas son) but Billys sister Eliza swore he was home that night so he was acquitted. His widow Eliza died in 1891, also murdered. Her neighbor Elizabeth Graham was arrested for the murder. This took place in Caldwell Co MO.
Richmond Conservator - Thursday July 23, 1891
Evilizer, Thomas J. (Jeff)
A COLD-BLOODED CRIME; The Mysterious Assassination of a Ray County Farmer.
The Dead Man's Nephew Is Charged with the Deed - A Lynching in Prospect.
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat.
RICHMOND, Mo., November 22 - Ray County has in hand one of those cold-blooded tragedies with elements of mystery which come upon quiet agricultural communities every now and then. There are freaks in crime as well as meteorology. This came with no more warning than a cyclone gives, and is about as puzzling in its phenomena. Monday night the family of Jeff Evilsizer, a well-to-do farmer in the Mud Creek neighborhood, were aroused about half an hour after they had gone to bed by somebody calling. It was the voice of a man, but was not recognized. Mrs. Evilsizer responded by asking what was wanted. The voice replied "I want to see Jeff."
"Who is it?" the woman asked. "Johnnie Evilsizer," (a younger brother of Jeff) was the answer. After venting her mind on the impropriety of calling folks up at that time of night, she told her husband to go t the door and see what Johnnie wanted. Evilsizer got up and opened the door, and stood several seconds peering out into the darkness. The voice did not speak, neither did Evilsizer. A brief period passed - perhaps a quarter of a minute - then a shot was fired, and the farmer walked to the bed and lay down. He had received his death wound, but lingered until morning. The bullet penetrated the bowels.