The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-03
Former Communicating
Chief of Confederate
Veterans Dead
E DCOMEo AT HIS
HOME IN ATLANTA
In War and in Peace He Had Dis
tinguished Career-Friend OF
Lee, Jackson and Stuart,
With Whom He Served
During War Between
the States.

the States.
Atlanta. Ca. July AFTER linger-
ing at deaths door for nearly a month.
General Clement "A Evans. formerly
commander in chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, died at his home
in this city this afternoon at $40
o'clock of Bright's disease. His death
was not unexpected, ana several OF his
children were at his bedside when the
end came. Arrangements for the fu-
neral will not be announced before
tomorrow.
General Evans. who was seventy
nine years old, had been confined to
his home since the first of last
April, but he had been in Ill health
for several years. He was horn in
Stewart county. Ca. In 1888. and came
TO Atlanta to make mis- permanent
home in 1883. when he was appointed
presiding elder of the Griffin District
in the North Georgia Conference OF
the Southern Methodist Church. At
the time of his death General Evans
was still! a member OF the North
Georgia Conference, holding the office
Of treasurer of the Preachers Aid
Society
General Evans was elected COM
mander in-cniet OF the United Con-
federate Veterans in April 1905, and
served for two years. declining to &C
cept reelection on account of his
health. He was then elected to the
position of honorary commander-in-
chief, being the first member of the
veterans organization to be accorded
that honor
General Evans is survived by six
children-Mrs. w. s. Eve and L. B.
Evans, Of Augusta, Ga: P. H. and
Clement W. Evans. OF Mexico City, and
Mrs. r. G. Stephens and Miss Sarah
Lee Evans, of Atlanta.
A Brilliant Career.
General Clement Anselm Evans was
one or Georgia's most distinguished
citizens, man who had won fame in
peace we'll as in war. He was
native OF Stewart county. Ga, his an
cestors coming there from North Caro-
lima and Virginia. His paternal in
cestor came from Wales. the sturdy
Welshman who came to America being
among the first colonists OF North
Carolina, having taken an active part
as private soldier on the side OF the
colonists in the struggle against Great
Britain. The Evanses were plain, stur-
dy farmers and substantial and highly
respected citizens
On his maternal side his ancestry
came from Ulster county. North OF
Ireland HIS mother was descended
from the Bryan stock of Ulster, whose
the side OF Charles I. Being compelled
to leave Ireland after its subjuga ton,
they came to America and settled in
Virginia and North Carolina. Con-
nected with them are the organs. the
Fitzhughs, the Whithelds and the
Hintons OF those States The great
grandfather OF General Evans was
member of the Provincial Congress OF
North Carolina. and OF several success
sive' Legisla lures. He was also an
officer in the Revolutionary War. He
moved to Georgia early in life. and
settled first on plantation near Mt.
Vernon, in MONTGOMERY county; the
next in Randolph county. He was a
soldier in the war of 1886. as were also
the younger sons of the family Among
the connections OF this family are Gem
eral Coffee and General Blackshear, of
Georgia.
His Early Life.
About the date of the Creek War
General Evans's father settled his
plantation in Stewart county. on which
the son was born, and where he passed
his early boyhood. AS the children
grew up the father moved with them
to Lumpkin. the county site. where
better facilities for education were
possible Clement A Evans was edu-
Gated in the school and at the Acad-
envy OF Lumpkin. These were first
rate schools. the academy curriculum
being about equal to the college OF
that day. In addition to the academy
course, young Evans had private In
struction in the modern languages. and
also in instrumental music and oil
painting. under the accomplished Ger
man, Saroni. Al the age of seventeen
he entered law office. and a few
months later wen. as pupil to the
celebrated law school OF Judge Will
liam Tracy Gould. from which he grad
uated. and was admitted to the bar at
the age OF nineteen.
He began the practice of law in his
home In Stewart county. Favored by
extensive acquaintance. and aided by
his close attention to business. he sue
ceeded in establishing himself with
out delay. He was elected Judge of
the county court of Stewart when
twenty-five years old. and at twenty
six was elected to the State Senate
In 1850 he was the Breckenridge alter
nate elector. and canvassed South
Georgia for his ticket.
Being still n member OF the Senate
in 1850. he assisted in organizing a
military company before the State Sc
coded Then, early in 1861, he aided
in organizing two others. In one Of
which. Company Z. Of the Thirty first
Georgia, he enlisted as a private He
was promoted to the rank OF major,
then colonel, then brigadier- general.
and afterwards t. the command of a
division composed OF Evans's Brigade.
Terry's Virginia Brigade and the
Hayes Stafford Louisiana Brigade. The
Louisiana brigade was composed of
the gallant regimentr OF the fine old