Clement Anselm Evans
Born: February 25, 1833
Birthplace: Stewart County, Georgia
Father: Anselm Lynch Evans 1792 – 1866
(Buried: North Side Cemetery, Lumpkin, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah Hinton Bryan 1793 – 1846
(Buried: North Side Cemetery, Lumpkin, Georgia)
1st Wife: Mary Allen Walton 1833 – 1884 (2 – 8 – 1854)
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Sarah Anna Avary 1846 – 1902
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Children:
Albert Evans Unknown – Unknown
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Ida E. Evans Eve 1855 – 1928
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Charles Evans 1857 – Unknown
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Clifford Evans 1859 – Unknown
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Lawton Bryan Evans 1862 – 1934
(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)
Clement W. Evans 1873 -
Martha Lucy Evans Stephens 1879 – 1962
(Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia)
Sarah Lee Evans Lippincott 1889 – 1972
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Education:
Studied law at Augusta, Georgia law school
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Augusta, Georgia
County Judge in the State of Georgia
Georgia State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Major of 31st Georgia Infantry
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 31st Georgia Infantry
1862: Wounded during the Seven Days Campaign
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg
1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General in Confederate Army
1864: Participated in the Wilderness Campaign
Wounded during the Battle of Monocacy
1865: Served in the Campaigns in Virginia
1865: Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
Methodist Minister in the State of Georgia
Advocate of the Holiness Movement
Methodist Minister in Atlanta, Georgia Area Methodist Churches
Died: July 2, 1911
Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia
Cause of Death: Bright's Disease
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
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