Henry Smith Fernandez Bevans
b. March 1, 1822, Ohio. m. 1st., June 7, 1842, Peoria co., Illinois, Margaret Ann Prosser, b. 1830, [Richland co.] Ohio, dau. of Robert & Catherine (Brink) Prosser of Elmwood, Illinois. Last found in 1860 census record, Peoria co. Margaret must have d. at Elmwood as Henry S. F. m. 2nd., June 17, 1866, in Peoria co, Illinois - #8014, Jane L. Driskele, b, Ohio. The family is listed in the federal census taken in August of 1870 in Morning Sun, Twp, Louisa co., Iowa. Jane L. d. March 8, 1874 and Henry m. 3rd., Oct. 22, 1876, Louisa co., Iowa, Mary Jane (Stafford) Brownfield. Mary was m. 1st., to John Brownfield.
January 19, 1905, Monday morning, Elmwood, Illinois: W. H. Wood received a telegram from Morning Sun, Iowa, announcing the death at that place of H.S.F. Bevans at 1 a.m. that morning. He left Elmwood 30 years ago. He was a brother-in-law to W. H. Wood, his first wife was Margaret Prosser who located in Harkness Grove NE of Farmington in the early "thirties". "Fernand" Bevans will be remembered by old settlers. He was about 85 years old and leaves two sons and several grandchildren.


Morning Sun, Iowa News Herald, January 12, 1905 -
Another old resident of this city has passed away in the person of H. S. F. Bevans, who died at his home Sunday night. He had been in failing health for some weeks. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. F. W. Adams. The body was laid away in Elmwood cemetery. Mr. Bevans was nearing his eighty-third birthday. He was born in Highland County, Ohio, March 1, 1822. He removed to Peoria County, Illinois, when 16 years of age. In the year 1870 he came to Iowa and settled in this vicinity. Of late years, with his wife, he had been a resident of Morning Sun. He leaves a wife and two sons, L. A. Bevans of Anamosa, and J. J. Bevans of Wapello, besides brothers and sisters, to mourn his death.