Texas Historical Marker

William Ferdinand Evans

Cotulla · La Salle County · placed 1977

Civil War

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La Salle County, Texas

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(Jan. 14, 1831 - Jan. 13, 1917) Born in Louisiana, W. F. Evans moved to Polk County, Texas, in 1850, and to Gonzales County in 1856.

During the Civil War (1861-65), he served on Galveston Island in Texas coastal defenses, with Co. I, 2D Texas Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, and in Cunningham's Co. C, Mann's Regiment.

He married Nancy M. Weathers, and after her death Malissa Justice. He had four children.

Cotulla was his home from 1903 to 1917.

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