Will Evans and Loretta Bowman

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Husband Will Evans

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   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Wolverton

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Wife Loretta Bowman

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Children

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1 M Harry Evans

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2 M Freeling Evans

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General Notes: Husband - Will Evans

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FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF21521

from William Erwin Halbrook "A School Man of the Ozarks"

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Research Notes: Husband - Will Evans

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Sources: Other : Halbrook, William Erwin, "A School Boy of the Ozarks", Ch
14

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General Notes: Wife - Loretta Bowman

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FTM NOTE: PRIN MH:I22978

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Research Notes: Wife - Loretta Bowman

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"It is of interest that the maiden name of this widow whom I married was
ODell Holbrook. So when she married me she just changed one letter in her
original name, from Holbrook to Halbrook. The tradition of our family, as
I was told by my great uncle, is that back in England the names were
variations in the same family and had the same root. In the Government
Archives we found the name of George Halbrooks, he added the letter 's' to
his name, and had applied for a Revolutionary War pension. He was from
Surry county, North Carolina, where my own great grandfather [William
Halbrook] was born, and was probably his father. When he made his
application he had moved to Gibson county, Indiana [southwest Indiana,
south of Vincennes]. Now my wife's grandfather, Lewis Holbrook, claimed
to have emigrated from White county, Illinois, [southeast Illinois] which
is adjacent to Gibson county. So it is quite likely that the two families
have a common origin, the spelling having been changed meanwhile." (from
William Erwin Halbrook's "A School Man of the Ozarks", p151-152)

Sources: Other : Halbrook, William Erwin, "A School Boy of the Ozarks", Ch
14

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