Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Barren County. COL. JAMES C. EVANS was born in Monroe County, Ky., July 4, 1838, the third of four children of William F. and Dorinda R. (Brian) Estes. William F. Evans was of Welsh descent and born in Botetourt County, Va., November 5, 1805; his wife was born in Warren County, Ky., October 19, 1805, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. When a child William F. removed with his parents to Carter County, East Tenn., where he received his early education. When he was fifteen or sixteen years of age his father died, and the care and support of his mother and younger brothers and sisters devolved mainly upon him, and soon after they moved to Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky. There William F. embarked in the general merchandise business, which proving a financial failure, he commenced the study of law with Judge Cyrus Walker, of Columbia, Ky., and was soon after admitted to the bar; in 1829 he moved to Scottsville, and in January, 1854, came to Glasgow, where he practiced his profession with abundant success until his death in October, 1865. He represented Allen County in the Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature, and afterward represented his district, which consisted of Allen, Warren and Edmonson Counties in the State Senate. He was a stanch Whig, an active politician, during the war a strong Union man, and at one time was the candidate of his party for State superintendent of public instruction. He was a member of the I. O. F. F., and an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, also a member of the Christian Church, to which his widow, who resides with Col. James C. Evans, still belongs. Col. James C. Evans received his education at the common schools of the country and at Bethel College, Russellville, Ky. Soon after attaining his majority he was elected marshal of Glasgow and served two terms. In the summer of 1861 he assisted in recruiting and organizing the Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Federal service), and at the organization of that regiment at Campbellsville, Ky., he was elected its major; in November, 1862, was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and served with his regiment in all its marches and engagements until January 21, 1865, when he was mustered out at Huntsville, Ala. After his return from the army he engaged in the drug business at Glasgow for two years. In May, 1869, he was appointed postmaster at that city by President Grant, and has held the office to the present time. February 23, 1862, he was united in marriage with Emma Reynolds, who has borne him one son - William M. Mrs. Evans is a daughter of Meredith S. and Jane M. (Steele) Reynolds, and was born in Glasgow, Barren County, February 21, 1841. Col. and Mrs. Evans are members of the Christian Church; he is also a member of the I. O. O. F., having taken all the degrees in the subordinate lodge and encampment, and has passed all the chairs in both bodies; he is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and politically a Republican. Brian Estes Evans Grant Reynolds Steele Walker = Allen Botetourt-VA Campbellsville-Taylor Carter-TN Columbia-Allen Edmonson Glasgow-Barren Huntsville-AL Monroe Russellville-Logan Scottsville-Allen Tompkinsville-Monroe Warren http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/evans.jc.txt