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Henry Hobson Evans
b.20 Nov 1898 Lincoln County, Nebraska
d.Abt 1960 Manzanola, Otero County, Colorado
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m. 13 Mar 1892
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m. 5 Dec 1922
Facts and Events
· 1900 census gives birthdate as November, 1897. Birthdate reported here is from RPB records. His nickname was "Hank". · In the 1920 census Henry H. was living alone on a farm in Lincoln County Nebraska. Henry, age 22, was single and the farm rented. · Moved from Nebraska to Colorado between summer 1920 and winter 1922 (1920 census, 1922 marriage in Colorado). · Henry H. and Alice Goudy were married at the ME Church in Lamar Colorado in 1922. E. O. Moore and J. O. Stream were the witnesses. Henry was living in La Junta and Alice in Holly at the time (Marriage license and certificate). · Worked on the railroad in La Junta with Alice's brother Orey Goudy until 1933, when he bought the farm outside of Manzanola. He kept working at the railroad, and the family tried to maintain the farm. He spent some time in Santa Fe Hospital in Kansas, and went to the hot mineral baths in New Mexico on the trains. (RPB 1994) · Henry and Alice divorced about 1937. Henry married Grace about 1938. · Receipts of dues to Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union, Colorado Division dated 2/5/46 and 11/14/45 for 1946 and 1947 dues (NKP). · Oak secretary with curved glass front (NKP collection) was in the back bedroom in the house near Manzanola in the 1950’s. · Cause of Death: heart attack |