Josephine Evans
- Born: 1849, Ridgebury, Bradford, Pennsylvania 1
- Marriage: Charles Wesley Lewis on 6 Feb 1870
- Died: 2 Jan 1911 at age 62
 General Notes:
Some records state Josephine was born on 6 Feb 1855 in Doniphan County, Indiana, but the 1880 census states she was 30 when it was taken and was born in Pennsylvania. Therefore she could not have been born in 1855.
Additonally, Josephine is shown with her parents in the 1850 census in Pennsylvania as a one-year old child. 2
Noted events in her life were:
• Census, 1850, Ridgebury, Bradford, Pennsylvania. 3
Isaac Evans, 46, shoe maker, born in New York. Esther Evans, 40, born in New York. Charles Evans, 19, laborer, born in New York. Susan Evans, 17, born in New York. Jared Evans, 14, born in New York. Rufus Evans, 10, born in Pennsylvania. Harriet Evans, 7, born in Pennsylvania. Mary Evans, 3, born in Pennsylvania. Josephine Evans, 1, born in Pennslyvania.
• Census, 1880, Grant, Linn, Iowa. 4
Charles W. Lewis, 29, farmer, born in Indiana. Josephene Lewis, 30, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania. Elnora Lewis, 7, born in Kansas. Jessie D. Lewis, 5, born in Iowa. Silas V. Lewis, 10 months, born in Iowa. Edward Davis, 57, farmer, born in Illinois
Josephine married Charles Wesley Lewis, son of John Lewis and Hannah Anderson, on 6 Feb 1870. (Charles Wesley Lewis was born on 6 Aug 1850 in Clinton, Boone, Indiana and died on 31 Oct 1936.)
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