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S. Owen Evans
History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys, embraced in the counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
Edited by F. Ellis and A. N. Hungerford.
Published in Philadelphia by Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886
Pages 868-869
CHAPTER XVIII.
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP
S. Owen Evans is if Welsh extraction. His grandfather, George Evans, Jr., resided near the Trappe, in Montgomery County, Pa. He married Elizabeth North, of the same county, whose children were Frederick, Lewis, Lydia, who married Charles Cookson, and Caleb, who died at the age of twenty-one years. Lewis, who served in the War of 1812, was a native of Montgomery County, and, by occupation, both a miller and a farmer. He married Amelia Groathouse, whose children were Julia Ann, wife of Dr. T. I. Davis; S. Owen; Lydia, married to Dr. T. I. David; Mary, wife of Adam H. Atkinson; and Amelia, wife of James Mathers.
The death of Mr. Evans occurred on the 18th of August, 1852, in his seventy-fifth year. His son, S. Owen Evans, was born on the 15th of February, 1807, in Greenwood township, Mifflin County (near Thompsontown), on or near which spot his whole life has been passed. The subscription schools of the day enabled him to acquire a rudimentary education, his attendance being chiefly confined to the winter months, after which he gave a hand at the work on the farm and in the mill, and assisted his father in various business enterprises. On the death of the latter, August 18, 1852, he came into possession of the property included in the farm, and purchased the mill. He was, on the 13th of August, 1844, married to Amelia, daughter of Hon. George Kremer, of Snyder County, Pa. The children of this marriage are George Kremer, who resides with his father and assists him in business; Ibri, deceased; and Aurelius Bradford, of Carrollton, Greene Co., Ill. Mr. Evans, prior to the death of his father, managed his business affairs almost exclusively, and after that event continued these enterprises in his own behalf. Having recently abandoned farming, he now devotes his attention exclusively to milling. In his political predilections Mr. Evans is a pronounced Republican, having, in former years, affiliated with the Whig party. Though active in the political field and at various times the incumbent of offices in the township, he is not an aspirant for official position. His influence has been marked in all matters which affect the welfare of Delaware township. Mr. Evans was educated in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to which he still faithfully adheres.
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