spring of 1862 served in Virginia until the close of the war at Appomattox. On May 19, 1863, he was commissioned brigadiergeneral and in November, 1864, when Gen. J. B. Gordon was assigned to the command of the Second corps, General Evans was promoted to the command of the division. He was in nearly all the battles of Virginia and was five times wounded, twice severely. After the war he entered the ministry of the Methodist church and was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Emory college. He continued in this work for about twenty-five years, when his old wounds gave him so much distress that he retired on advice of his physician. He has served as trustees of three colleges; president of the educational loan association of Emory college, which he originated, and which has assisted over a hundred young men to obtain a college education; was commander for many years of the Georgia division of the United Confederate Veterans; is the author of a Military History of Georgia; editor and author of a standard Confederate Military History of twelve volumes; chairman of the historical committee of the United Confederate Veterans; president of the Confederate memorial association, and commander of the Army of Tennessee department of United Confederate Veterans. In civil life he is at present (1906) a member of the prison commission of Georgia.

Evans, John J., is numbered among the representative business men of Augusta, where he is engaged in the wholesale and retail hardware trade. He was born in that city, April 28, 1867, and is a son of John James Evans, who was born in Montgomery, Ala., and Ann M. (Woodward) Evans, who was born in Savannah, Ga. The father was a loyal soldier of the Confederacy in the war between the states, and after the close of the great conflict he took up his residence in Augusta, where he engaged in the hardware business and continued to reside until his death, which occurred on Dec. 23, 1903. He was a man of sterling character and commanded the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who knew him. His widow still resides in Augusta, as do her two children, John J., subject of this sketch, and Annie M., who remains. with her mother. Mr. Evans attended the Houghton institute, in Augusta, leaving this institution at the age of fourteen years and taking a position in his father's hardware store. He learned the business in all its details, and his father soon admitted him to partnership, this association continuing until the death of the father, when the son secured sole control of the large and flourishing enterprise. In 1904 he purchased the large and select hard

ware stock of Maurice Walton, at 869 Broad street, to which he added his original stock, and he now has one of the largest and best equipped hardware establishments in the city, doing both a wholesale and retail business. He is also a half-owner of the business conducted under the title of the Hogrefe Hardware Company, at 607 Broad street. He is a director of the Merchants' bank, is a Democrat in his political proclivities and is one of the influential members of the First Christian church, of Augusta, of which he is treasurer. He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Royal Arcanum, the Woodmen of the World, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. On August 16, 1896, Mr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Bush, daughter of the late Stephen C. L. Bush, of Augusta. Mrs. Evans was summoned to the life eternal on Nov. 8, 1905, and is survived by three children, John J., Jr., Georgia A. and Eleanor.

Evans, Lawton Bryan, of Augusta, is one of the prominent educators and platform speakers of the state, and was formerly president of the state normal school in the city of Athens. He was born at Lumpkin, Stewart county, Ga., Oct. 27, 1862, a son of Gen. Clement Anselm and Mary Allie (Walton) Evans, the former of whom was born in Stewart county, Ga., and the latter near South Boston, N. C. The ancestry of Professor Evans is of Welsh and English derivation, the original representatives of the Evans line having come from Wales and settled in North Carolina, in the colonial era of our national history, while members of the family were found as valiant soldiers in both the Revolution and the war of 1812. On the English side of the descent are found the families of Hinton, Bryan and Smith. William Bryan, born in England, in 1645, was a son of Edward Bryan, and married Alice Needham, of Argyleshire, Scotland. He came to America and located in Virginia, where he purchased an extensive estate. His sons William and Xecdham bought lands in Bertie County, X. C., and intermarriages occurred with the Hinton, Smith and Whitfield families, all of which were actively and prominently represented in the war of the Revolution and in membership in the colonial assemblies, while one of them was a representative in the Continental congress in Philadelphia. Need

ham and William Bryan, John Hinton and Samuel Smith were officers of the North Carolina troops. The descendants of these families have held many important positions, both military and civil, in many states—from Virginia to Texas. The paternal greatgrandfather Evans was a soldier in the war of 1812, and Clement Bryan, likewise a great-grandfather of Professor Evans, died of wounds received in the Creek Indian war of 1836. Clement A. Evans, father of the subject of this sketch, was a loyal soldier of the Confederacy during the civil war. A sketch of his life and military career appears in this work. Prof. Lawton B. Evans attended Richmond academy at Augusta, Ga., and in 1880 was graduated in Emory college at Oxford, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the following year he received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Georgia. In the same year he became a teacher in the public schools of Augusta, and in 1882 was made superintendent of the public schools of Richmond county. In 1893-4 he was president of the state normal school at Athens. Professor Evans is the author of Evans' History of Georgia, issued by the University Publishing Company, in 1900; is a lecturer on educational subjects in all of the important summer schools of the south, especially the summer school at Knoxville, Tenn., and has made the subject of school supervision his leading lecture topic. He visited Europe in 1899, made an extended tour in collecting valuable data for public lectures, and his services are now in much demand as a lecturer on travel and other subjects. He is a loyal adherent of the Democratic party, is a Master Mason, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church South. On Feb. 15, 1887, Professor Evans was united in marriage to Miss Florence Campbell, daughter of P. F. and Sarah Eve Campbell, of Augusta, and of this union have been born three children—Sarah Campbell, Lawton Bryan, Jr., and Clement Anselm, Jr.

Evans, Samuel C., present mayor of the village of Wadley, is one of the influential citizens and business men of Jefferson county, where his interests are large and varied. He was born on a plantation in that county, May 31, 1852, being a son of Hon. Marcus A. and Emeline F. (Palmer) Evans, both of whom were born in Richmond county, Ga., and both of whom are now deceased. The father was an extensive planter of Jefferson county and also conducted a mercantile business in Bartow. He served two terms in the state legislature, where he introduced and carried to enactment the bill which gave local option to Jefferson county in the matter

of regulating the liquor traffic within its borders. He was a son of Robert H. and Elizabeth (Murphey) Evans, of Richmond county, and his maternal grandfather once owned much of the land

on which the city of Augusta now stands. His wife was a daughter of James and Dorothy Palmer. After a due preliminary discipline Samuel C. Evans was matriculated in Emory college, Oxford, Ga., where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1872, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately afterward he went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., entered the famous Eastman business college, where he completed a thorough business or commercial course and was

graduated in the same year, 1872. During practically his entire active career Mr. Evans has been identified with mercantile interests having conducted a large general store at Midville, Burke county, for ten years, since which time he has been engaged in the same line of enterprise in Wadley, where he has built up a very large trade, his operations here having covered a period of fifteen years. He is also vice-president of the Bank of Wadley, of which he was one of the organizers and incorporators, in 1901; is a director of the Bank of Louisville, Ga., and has somewhat extensive plantation interests. In politics Mr. Evans is unswerving in his allegiance to the Democratic party. He has been mayor of Wadley for several years, being the incumbent at the present time. This office he accepted simply

because it was the wish of his fellow townsmen and because he was willing to do all in his power for the welfare of the community. He has also been chairman of the Wadley board of education for many years, while he has at all times commanded the unqualified and uniform regard and confidence of the people of his native county. He is a member and trustee of the local organization of the Methodist Episcopal church South and in a fraternal way is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. He has been four times married, and of the first three wives two died without leaving children, while the second wife, whose maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Donovan, was the mother of his seven living children, namely: William D., Jones W., Marcus A., Sarah M., Samuel C., Jr., Bettie H. and Wiley D. In 1896 Mr. Evans married Mrs. Annie (Donovan) Daniel, his present wife and a first cousin of his