H. P. Evans

Circa 1868 – April 15, 1933 H. P. Evans was born around 1868 in Mississippi. He was an African American man whose life began only a few years after the end of the Civil War, during a period of profound change for Black families throughout the South. A Texas death record identifies him as H. P. Evan, a 65-year-old Black man born in Mississippi. The record states that he died on April 15, 1933, in Precinct 1 of Kaufman County, Texas. It also identifies his father as John Evans and his wife as Carrie B. Evans. H. P. Evans was the father of Henry Evans, born in 1899. Henry later married Gertrude Cofer and became the father of eleven children. Through Henry and Gertrude, H. P. became the grandfather of Olious Donald Evans, Ira Lewis Evans, Edward Phillip Evans, Henry Lee Evans, Maxie Dan Evans, Ester F. Evans, Jeffrie D. Evans Sr., Allison Evans, Bonnie L. Evans, Leo Daniel Evans, and Juanita Evans. H. P.'s life connected the Evans family's roots in Mississippi to later generations in Texas. His move, or his family's move, from Mississippi to Texas was part of a broader pattern in which African American families sought land, employment, family connections, and new opportunities in communities across the state. He lived through Reconstruction, the rise of segregation, the growth of railroads and industry, World War I, and the beginning of the Great Depression. Although the details of his occupation, education, church membership, and early family life have not yet been documented, the surviving death record provides an important connection between three generations of the Evans family: John Evans, H. P. Evans, and Henry Evans. H. P. Evans died in Kaufman County in 1933 at approximately 65 years of age. His legacy continued through Henry and the large Evans family that followed. His descendants went on to make contributions through military service, government, business, law enforcement, education, church involvement, and community leadership. H. P. Evans remains an important patriarch in the Evans family story. His life represents the family's transition from nineteenth-century Mississippi to twentieth-century Texas and the beginning of a family line that would continue to grow for generations. Verified Family-Tree Information • Name: H. P. Evans, recorded as H. P. Evan • Birth: About 1868, Mississippi • Death: April 15, 1933 • Place of death: Precinct 1, Kaufman County, Texas • Father: John Evans • Wife: Carrie B. Evans • Known son: Henry Evans, 1899–1978 Family memory also recalls H. P. Evans as a traveling preacher. If you carry a story, a date, a place, or a document that touches his life, we invite you to share it so that this page can hold still more.

Father of Henry Evans · son of John Evans.