MR. HUMPHREY O. EVANS. CAMBRIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.Humphrey O. Evans was born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, May 3rd, 1815; son of Owen Evans; his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Jones; came to America in 1849, landing in New York, June 12th; came direct to Wisconsin and lived a few months in Marquette; then came to the town of Courtland, and in the fall of 1851, bought the farm on Sec. 16, where he resided till his death, March 6th, 1869, of typhoid pneumonia.
He had been a member of the Welsh Methodist Church 29 years.
He was married, January 8th, 1841, in Wales to Bridget, daughter of Evan Robert Evans; her mother's maiden name was Jane Evans; left ten children living - Owen H., lives in Cambria; Jane A., is now Mrs. Hugh Lewis, of Washington, D. C.; Bridget H., Evan R., Lizzie A., now Mrs. John Ketcham, of the town of Courtland; Ellen A., Margaret E., Mary Jane, Annie J. and Martha Ellen; they lost one son - Richard died in 1842, in infancy; four of these - Evan R., Mary Jane, Annie J. and Martha Ellen - are living on the homestead with their mother. P. O. Cambria.