Last Updated: May 30, 2022

Dr. Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans Family

 

1. Evans, Samuel Andrew Jackson

Parents: Samuel Hiram & Elizabeth Watkins (Sommersall) Evans. (src: Find A Grave)

1816 Birth: 2-8-1816 Culpepper Co., VA.

Note: Dr. Samuel Evans was at one time an associate with Thomas G. Shelor in the mercantile business.

Advertisement in the Floyd Intelligence, May 26, 1855 for the sale of all his property stating his health was the reason & he wished to “remove south”. The property was referred to as the “Shelor Old Place” located “4 miles North of Floyd Courthouse, and lying on both sides of the Little River, ½ mile to the Turnpike heading from Floyd Courthouse to Christiansburg, & within 17 miles of the Rail Road Depot at the latter place.

Reportedly moved to Fairfax Co., VA during the war.

Note: Ch of Samuel J. Evans: as above + 1. Sally M. m. Dr. Brainard W. Hines, teacher & 2. William M., lawyer in Portland, OR.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, H328:

...... Evans, S. A. J. 35 yo w/m physician, b. Culpepper, $6200, HOH.

............ Sarah 34 yo w/f, b. Fairfax.

............ Amanda 6 yo w/f, b. Floyd, school.

............ Robley 4 yo w/m, b. Floyd.

............ Samuel 3 yo w/m, b. Floyd.

...... Bishop, Samuel 22 yo w/m laborer, b. Montgomery, $0, cannot read or write. [bishop_mcva]

1856 Death: 3-20-1856.

1856 Burial: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, McClean, Fairfax Co., VA.

…+ Evans, Sarah Ann “Sally”

Parents: James & Jane (Moore) Jackson. (src: her 2nd marriage record)

Parents: Richard & Jane (Moore) Jackson. (src: Find A Grave)

1818 Birth: 5-24-1818 Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with husband Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans.

1860 Residence:  Pulaski Co., VA, Western District, Newbern PO, H593:

…… Ivans, Sarah A. 41 yo w/f housekeeper, b. VA, HOH.

............ Ann M. 16 yo w/f, b. VA.

............ Sam’l A. J. 13 yo w/m, b. VA.

............ William N. 7 yo w/m, b. VA.

1864 Marriage #2: Sarah Ann Evans, nee Jackson m. Joel W. Pepper 3-1-1864 Montgomery Co., VA. He 53 yo widowed w/m trader, b. Montgomery Co., VA, s/o William & Sally. She 49 yo widowed w/f, b. Alexandria, VA, d/o James & Jane.

1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, District 30, H300:

…… Pepper, Joel W. 69 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, HOH.

Sallie A. 63 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA.

1892 Death: 1-24-1892.

1892 Burial: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, McClean, Fairfax Co., VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Audrey)

…2. Evans, Amanah

Aka

…2. Evans, Anna Marie

Parents: Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans.

1844 Birth: abt 1844 Floyd Co., VA.

Anna Maria "Annie"(Evans) Hines, wife of Dr. Brainard Whitfield Hines, was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Andrew Jackson and Sarah Ann "Sallie" (Jackson) Evans. Annie was the sister of Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans of Great White Fleet fame, Dr. Samuel Taylor Evans, a prominent physician in Obion County, Tennessee, and William Moore Evans, a well-respected lawyer in Portland, Oregon. …. (src: Find A Grave)

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents as Amanah Evans.

1860 Residence:  Pulaski Co., VA with mother as Ann M. Ivans.

1866 Marriage #1: Annie M. Evans m. Brainard W. Hines 4-13-1866 Montgomery Co., VA. He 32 yo w/m, b. Rockbridge Co., VA, s/o M. N. & A. V. Hines. She 22 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, d/o Saml T. & S. Evans.

Brainard Whitfield Hines, son of Michael Norris and Agnes Van Reid (Matthews) Hines, was one of five brothers who entered the Confederate service: Robert, who served in the 11th Infantry and was killed at Seven Pines; George, who was in Edgar's battalion; John, who served in Morgan's command and was killed at Cynthiana, Kentucky; William, who served two years; and B. W., who was twice wounded. Brainard received his medical training at the Winchester Medical College, which burned during the Civil War. While he did not graduate, it was deemed that he had learned enough to practice as a doctor. He married Anna Maria "Annie" Evans, daughter of Dr. Samuel Andrew Jackson and Sarah Ann "Sallie" (Jackson) Evans. B. W. and Annie were the parents of seven sons and three daughters, one daughter dying young. After the death of Annie, Dr. Hines married a second time to Alice Woolwine of Floyd County, Virginia. They had two children together.

Brainard is shown in the 1880 US Census for Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA as Barnard W. Hines. The following are in his household:

Barnard W. Hines, Head, Age 46
Ann M. Hines, Wife, Age 36
Sallie A. Hines, Daughter, Age 13
Edmonia E. Hines, Daughter, Age 11
George R. Hines, Son, Age 9
Samuel N. Hines, Son, Age 7
Oscar T. Hines, Son, Age 5
Bernard W. Hines, Son, Age 3
Richard H. T. Hines, Son, Age 2
Philip E. Hines, Son, Age 3 mos.
William M. Hines, Son, Age 3 mos.
Agnes V. Hines, Mother, Age 77
Note that son Bernard should be son Brainard. Philip and William are twins. Sons Brainard, Richard, Philip and William all moved to Idaho.

In the 1900 US Census, Brainard's wife Annie has died, and he has remarried to Alice Woolwine. Mary Grace and Charles M. Hines are the product of the second marriage. In the 1900 household are the following:
Brainard W. Hines, Head, Age 66
Alice W. Hines, Wife, Age 50
Richard H. T. Hines, Son, Age 22
Mary G. Hines, Daughter, Age 10
Charles M., Son, Age 8
Also in the household is Joseph C. Cole, relationship unknown.

Besides the US Census, sources for this information are family sources, the letters of Sallie Ann Jackson Evans Pepper, Anna Maria Evans Hines, Alice Woolwine Hines, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, Charlotte Taylor Evans, Dr. Samuel Taylor Hines, George Robley Hines, Oscar Taylor Hines and William M. Hines, Newspaper articles and other memorabilia Hines Family Bible records, Matthews Family Bible Records, The John and Emeline Craig Bible records, Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929, Hardesty's Historical & Geographical Encyclopedia, and court records.

(src: Find A Grave)

1886 Death: 3-14-1886 Pilot, Montgomery Co., VA.

1886 Burial: Craig-Hines Cemetery, Pilot, Montgomery Co., VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brooke Tibbitts McPeak)

…2. Evans, Robley Dunglison

 Robley Dunglison Evans

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Creative Commons)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Monica Hicks Estes)

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·                     Robley D Evans

Parents: Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans.

1846 Birth: 8-18-1846 Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents.

1860:

1870 Residence: Washington DC, Ward 3, H1572:

…… Kellogg, A. G. 26 yo w/m Lt. Com. US Navy, $0/500, OH, married Feb.

………… Bettie 19 yo w/f, b. Texas, married Feb, keeping house. (nee Mary Elizabeth Evans, d/o Alexander Hamilton Evans, brother of Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans)

…… Evans, R. D. 24 yo w/m Lt. Com. US Navy, b. VA.

………… William 20 yo w/m lawyer, b. VA.

…… 2 non-related domestic servants.

Military:

Acting Midshipman, Acting Ensign, Master on Retired List, Lieutenant on Retired List, Active List, Lieutenant Commander, Active List Commander, Captain

Service Dates: 20 Sep 1860, 1 Oct 1863, 10 May 1866, 25 Jul 1866, 25 Jan 1867, 12 Mar 1868, 12 Jul 1878

His Autobiography:

Chapter 1
Life in Virginia Before the War

Before spinning the yarn of my forty years in the navy, it seems only proper that I should give a short history of my life before entering the service.

I was born in Floyd County, Virginia, August 18, 1846.

My father, Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans, M.D., was a graduate of the University of Virginia, and named me, his first son, after Doctor Robley Dunglison, who had been his instructor and dear friend. The home of my parents was in the mountains of Virginia, which, at the time of my birth, were almost as wild and rough as the partially settled mountains of the west. We did not have savage indians to contend with, but we did have their savage white brothers.

As a means of livelihood my father followed his profession of medicine, and he was the only doctor in a circuit of twenty or thirty miles. For pleasure he owned slaves and farmed, and when requested to do so, represented his constituents in the State Legislature. The life of a doctor under such conditions was a very hard one, particularly in the winter season. Frequently he had to be in the saddle all night, facing the storms of snow and rain, to help some sufferer who could only offer his thanks as pay, for most of the people were very poor. It was this exposure that finally cost my father his life in the prime of his manhood and usefulness.

My first distinct memory of myself is when I was about four years old. I had a rather long, light-coloured curls, was sturdy in health, and wore a blue velvet suit, with a feather in my cap for ornament. On hiring day, when the slaves were assembled at the courthouse to find employers for the next year, I wandered about the village streets and considered myself of importance. At this time, I rode from my home to the schoolhouse every day, a distance of five miles; and while I can recall the way the teacher used to thrash the boys, first sending them to cut the birches, I can not recall that I ever learned anything.

When I was six years old I was the happy possessor of a gun, a pony, and a negro boy. The first I learned to handle with considerable skill, was devoted to its use, and in all my life since have found both health and pleasure from the hunting habit formed at that early age. The pony, as I now recollect him, seemed bent on breaking my neck; and the coloured lad, my constant companion, taught me, among other things, to smoke and chew tobacco. He impressed on my mind many superstitions and dreadful ghost stories, some of which I remember to this day.

Marriage #1: Charlotte Taylor

1912 Death: 1-3-1912 Washington DC.

1912 Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Michael (Randy) Walsh)

……+ Evans, Charlotte

Parents: Frank & Virginia Neville (Simms) Taylor.

1836 Birth: 12-9-1836 Washington D. C.

1919 Death: 11-24-1919 Washington D. C.

1919 Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

……3. Evans, Frank Taylor

Parents: Robley Dunglison & Charlotte (Taylor) Evans.

1875 Birth: 9-9-1875 Geneva, Switzerland.

Marriage #1: Enid Scarritt

1934 Death: 37-1934 East New York, (Brooklyn) Kings Co., NY

1934 Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

…2. Evans, Samuel Andrew Jackson Jr

Parents: Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans.

1847 Birth: abt 1847 Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with parents as Samuel.

1860 Residence:  Pulaski Co., VA with mother as Samuel A. J. Ivans.

…2. Evans, William Moore

Parents: Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans.

1851 Birth: abt 1851 VA. (src: 9 yo in 1860)

1853 Birth: 6-5-1853 Floyd Co., VA. (src: tombstone)

1860 Residence:  Pulaski Co., VA with mother as William M. 9 yo.

1870 Residence: Washington DC, Ward 3, H1572:

…… Kellogg, A. G. 26 yo w/m Lt. Com. US Navy, $0/500, OH, married Feb.

………… Bettie 19 yo w/f, b. Texas, married Feb, keeping house

…… Evans, R. D. 24 yo w/m Lt. Com. US Navy, b. VA.

………… William 20 yo w/m lawyer, b. VA.

…… 2 non-related domestic servants.

Marriage #1: Mary Matilda Paterson.

Physician in TN.

1880 Death: 1-8-1880

1880 Burial: Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.

Dr. John T. Wells had attended Evans, a young lawyer, when he was ill with typhoid fever and pneumonia. The two had been friends in Virginia and had come west together. Soon after Evans died, Wells also died. (src: Find A Grave)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by CHECK)

…2. Evans, George W.

Parents: Samuel Andrew Jackson & Sarah Ann “Sally” (Jackson) Evans.

1854 Birth: 1-7-1854 Floyd Co., VA.

1854 Death: 3-20-1854 Floyd Co., VA. COD: fever. Age: 3m.

1854 Burial: Old Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Jason & Mitze)