West Virginia Pioneers

Miriam Florence Evans

Female 1835 - 1896  (60 years)


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  • Name Miriam Florence Evans 
    Born 19 Nov 1835  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Nov 1896  [3
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • He was an entomologist
      This information about Andrew D. Hopkins and Edwin B. Hopkins is found in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume XLL and XXX.
    Person ID I11293  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 10 May 2016 

    Father Ephriam Sayre Evans,   b. Abt 1801, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Ruhama Wright,   b. CA 1806, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1 Feb 1826  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 

    • 1840 Jackson, VA
      2m 0-5 Samuel
      1m 15-20
      1m 30-40
      1f 0-5 Miriam
      1f 10-15
      1f 20-30
      1f 30-40 Rhuanna
      1f 60-70 her mother?

      1850 Jackson, VA # 544-549
      Evans E. *. 49 M Farmer Va
      Evans Ruanna 44 F Pa
      Evans Myram 14 F Va
      Evans Samuel 11 M Va
      Evans Oliver P. 8 M Va
      Utt Catherine 26 F Va

      1860 Jackson, VA # 93-88
      Ephraim, 59
      Ruama, 53
      Hopkins, Miriam, 25
      Evans, Samuel G, 21
      Oliver P, 18
      Hopkins, A B (m), 2

      1870 Jackson Co WV Mill Creek Cist # 223
      Evans, Ephraim S 69 VA
      Ruhama 63 PA
      Davis, Catherine 17 VA
      Bradley, Jane 8 OH
      Little, David 75 OH
      Board, Absalom, 26 VA

      John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co"
      Ben Wright's daughter married Squire Evans, for whom the town is named
    Family ID F2082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Andrew Hopkins,   b. Abt 1832, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 14 May 1857  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1860 Jackson, VA # 93-88
      Ephraim, 59
      Ruama, 53
      Hopkins, Miriam, 25
      Evans, Samuel G, 21
      Oliver P, 18
      Hopkins, A B (m), 2

      1870 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 31
      Flesher, Henry Camden 34 lawyer
      Miriam 34
      Hopkins, Andrew B, 12
      Chase, Elizabeth 30 domestic
      Greek, 10
    Children 
     1. Andrew Delmar Hopkins,   b. 20 Aug 1857, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F3801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henry Camden Flesher,   b. 27 Oct 1835, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1907  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1869  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1870 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 31
      Flesher, Henry Camden 34 lawyer
      Miriam 34
      Hopkins, Andrew B, 12
      Chase, Elizabeth 30 domestic
      Greek, 10

      Hardesty's History of Jackson County
      Ripley District
      Henry Camden FLESHER - son of John and Minerva (Camden) FLESHER, was born in 1835, in Weston, Lewis county, Virginia (now West Virginia). Henry C. Flesher and his two brothers, Robert P. and William H., were soldiers of the Federal army during the war of the States. The subject of this sketch was major of the 5th West Virginia Cavalry, Robert P. served in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, and William H. in the 2nd Cavalry, same State. The last-named had his leg crushed in a cavalry charge at Paintsville, Kentucky. Ephraim S. and Ruami (Wright) Evans are the parents of Miriam F., wife of Henry C. Flesher, and she was born in this county, in 1835, and married at her father's residence, September 9, 1869. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Flesher are Paul, Pearl and Pauline, born September 16, 1870, May 9, 1873, and January 25, 1879, in the order named. Henry Camden FLESHER is one of the ablest men of his profession, attorney-at-law, in Jackson county, with his residence at Ripley, and post office address at Jackson C. H., Jackson county, West Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Paul Flesher,   b. 16 Sep 1870, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1895  (Age 25 years)
     2. Pearl Flesher,   b. 14 May 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1960, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Pauline Flesher,   b. 25 Jan 1879, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1968, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F9078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1.

    4. [S75] Casto manuscript.

    5. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.