Married Matilda Ann Thomas, 1 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Evans, Israel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born Oct. 2, 1828, at Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, a son of David Evans and Mary Beck. He was baptized when eight years old in Missouri, was at the Haun's Mill Massacre in Missouri Oct. 30, 1838, his mother and himself hiding in the underbrush. He enlisted as a private in Company B of the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and marched overland te California. After disbanding he went to work at Sutter's Mill, where gold was discovered, worked long enough to enable him te return to Utah, and arrived in Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1, 1848. He married Matilda A. Thomas Jan. 1, 1849, settled in Lehi, Utah, filled a mission to England in 1853-1857, and on his return had charge of the Israel Evans handcart company, consisting of 31 handcarts and 134 souls. He was mayor of Lehi one term, and a member of the city council. He died May 31, 1896, in Lehi, respected by all who knew him.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Matilda Ann Thomas, 1 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Evans, Israel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born Oct. 2, 1828, at Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, a son of David Evans and Mary Beck. He was baptized when eight years old in Missouri, was at the Haun's Mill Massacre in Missouri Oct. 30, 1838, his mother and himself hiding in the underbrush. He enlisted as a private in Company B of the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and marched overland te California. After disbanding he went to work at Sutter's Mill, where gold was discovered, worked long enough to enable him te return to Utah, and arrived in Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1, 1848. He married Matilda A. Thomas Jan. 1, 1849, settled in Lehi, Utah, filled a mission to England in 1853-1857, and on his return had charge of the Israel Evans handcart company, consisting of 31 handcarts and 134 souls. He was mayor of Lehi one term, and a member of the city council. He died May 31, 1896, in Lehi, respected by all who knew him.
* Mormon Battalion members
Family Members
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Eliza Jane Evans Hinckley
1827–1850
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Henry Beck Evans
1830–1911
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Mary Ann Evans Glines
1832–1884
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Margaret Evans
1835–1836
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Arminta Evans
1838–1838
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Emma Beck Evans Coleman
1840–1913
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Martha Evans Winn
1842–1926
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Amanda Evans Edwards
1844–1881
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Abigail Evans Ellingson
1846–1932
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Joseph H. Evans Sr
1847–1899
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Sarah Evans Hodge
1849–1893
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Susannah Evans Alldredge
1850–1932
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Barbara Ann Evans Bush
1855–1926
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Rozilla Evans Racker
1856–1940
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James Evans
1857–1940
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George Coleman Evans
1858–1906
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Edwin Thomas Evans
1860–1946
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Prime Evans
1860–1901
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Eleazer Evans
1861–1884
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Mosiah Evans
1862–1921
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John Holm Evans
1863–1864
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Mary Ann Evans Wanlass
1864–1931
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Sarah Coleman Evans Taylor
1864–1946
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Margaret Christine Evans Turner
1865–1941
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Jane Evans Bradshaw
1867–1919
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Jacob Evans
1867–1953
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Emma Jane Evans Taylor Roberts
1869–1942
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Hannah Evans Anderson
1870–1953
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Rachel Evans Wing
1874–1962
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Ellen "Ella" Evans Manning
1875–1962
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Clara Evans Goates
1876–1920
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