"Thomas Evans was born in the village of Marion, S. C, on the 20th April, 1822. He received his early education at the Marion Academy and completed his collegiate course at William and Mary College, of Williamsburg, Va. He read law and was admitted to practice at the bar of his State. For a number of years he resided in Marion, where he attained a high reputation as a lawyer and orator. Such was his standing in his profession and influence in South Carolina, that he received the appointment, from President Pierce, of District Attorney of the United States for the District of South Carolina, and took up his residence in Charleston.
He was a man of great cultivation, broad and scholarly mind, and sparklingly brilliant wit. On the occasion of one of the society functions in Charleston, it is said that he was presented to a very charming and beautiful widow by the name of Mrs. Evans. "Ah, Madam," said he, "you are the lady in search of whom I have spent all but the best years of my life. I am most happy to meet you."
During the Civil War he was engaged as the Purchasing Agent of the Confederate States Government. On the 6th of August, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary E. Lawson, the daughter of a wealthy Georgia planter and after the close of the war he moved to Georgia, where he renewed the practice of his profession, in which he was engaged to the time of his death in Sandersville, Ga., on the 30th of April, 1879." - History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek
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I've been unable to find a single document that shows Thomas ever had a middle name.
"Thomas Evans was born in the village of Marion, S. C, on the 20th April, 1822. He received his early education at the Marion Academy and completed his collegiate course at William and Mary College, of Williamsburg, Va. He read law and was admitted to practice at the bar of his State. For a number of years he resided in Marion, where he attained a high reputation as a lawyer and orator. Such was his standing in his profession and influence in South Carolina, that he received the appointment, from President Pierce, of District Attorney of the United States for the District of South Carolina, and took up his residence in Charleston.
He was a man of great cultivation, broad and scholarly mind, and sparklingly brilliant wit. On the occasion of one of the society functions in Charleston, it is said that he was presented to a very charming and beautiful widow by the name of Mrs. Evans. "Ah, Madam," said he, "you are the lady in search of whom I have spent all but the best years of my life. I am most happy to meet you."
During the Civil War he was engaged as the Purchasing Agent of the Confederate States Government. On the 6th of August, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary E. Lawson, the daughter of a wealthy Georgia planter and after the close of the war he moved to Georgia, where he renewed the practice of his profession, in which he was engaged to the time of his death in Sandersville, Ga., on the 30th of April, 1879." - History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek
Note:
I've been unable to find a single document that shows Thomas ever had a middle name.
Family Members
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Chesley Daniel Evans
1817–1897
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Nathan George "Shanks" Evans
1824–1868
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COL Beverly Daniel Evans
1826–1897
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Dr Alfred Evans
1829–1904
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Dr James Evans
1831–1909
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CPT Asa Louis Evans
1834–1905
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William Edwin Evans
1835–1893
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Mary Jane Evans
1837–1839
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Sarah Jane Evans Singletery
1840–1916
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Woodson Evans
1842–1859
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