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William H. Evans (Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat pilot)

b. 1817? d. 1891-03-10

Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat pilot. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Evans. Married to Louisa Lentz Evans in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 26, 1852. Father of Mary Evans, Susan Evans, Sallie Evans, Julia Evans, Emma Evans, and Richard Evans. Resident of Louisville in 1850. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1858. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1860. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1861. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 203B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 663.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 23.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 141.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 360.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 60.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 84.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 292.

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Evans, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196607 (November 12, 2026).

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