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DR. S. P. EVANS, Georgetown, was born in Jackson Township, Brown County, March 23, 1823. His father, Samuel Evans, was a native of Monongalia County, Va., who located at Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1811 or 1812. During the first general call for volunteers in the war of 1812, he offered his services, and served six months as a Second Lieutenant, under Capt. Abraham Sheppard, of Huntington Township, this county. In December, 1813, he located on the farm in Jackson Township, where our subject was born. He was there engaged in agricultural pursuits all through life, and died the death of an honored pioneer, March 5, 1864. Dr. Evans’ mother was Harriet Wilson, who departed this life November 4, 1855. Our subject is one of a family of eight children, four of whom are living; he passed his boyhood and early manhood days on the old homestead, remaining there till November, 1851, when he married Caroline Smith, a native of Adams County, Ohio. Soon after marriage, he removed to Winchester, Adams Co., Ohio, where he resided till the fall of 1854; he there studied dentistry, and enjoyed a good practice for over twelve years. In 1864, he removed back to Jackson Township, purchased the home farm of 355 acres, and there resided until June, 1878, when he removed to Georgetown. In the fall of 1880, he purchased his present property, where himself and wife intend to pass the remainder of life. In his agricultural operations and the practice of his profession, Dr. Evans has been moderately successful, and accumulated enough to live in peace and comfort. He was an original member and organizer of the Christian Union Church of Jackson Township, and has since been connected with that denomination. Mrs. Evans is also a member of that church. They have two children — Worth R., an attorney at law, of Georgetown, and E. W., studying medicine with his father.