page_title: Margaret Gray Evans
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Gray Evans / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken about 1889 when the Evans bought the house. The caption says that it is a picture of the Evans Family at their new home. Source: Denver Library
context_page_description: Margaret Gray Evans was the wife of Territorial Governor John Evans and was a philanthropist. She arrived in Denver when it was a rough city, having grown up in a privileged home in Maine. Evans was First Lady of Colorado for her husband and her son-in-law, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was a widower when he became governor. She was known for creating Denver society for the manner in which she entertained in what was the executive manor in Colorado. She assisted her husband on his educational and civil projects, and created her own. She founded the Denver Orphan's Home and was involved in the establishment of literary and charitable organizations. She was also active on boards of the University of Denver. She was the mother of William Gray Evans and Anne Evans.
context_section_description: John Evans died in 1897 after which he lie in state in the capitol rotunda. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Denver. His estate passed to Margaret.
  Margaret Evans died on September 7, 1906 in Denver, Colorado and is buried next to her husband at Riverside Cemetery. Her diaries and papers are held in the collections of the Denver Public Library.
caption: Byers–Evans House, Denver, about 1889, when the photograph was taken of Evans family members. It was the home of William Gray Evans beginning 1889. In 1900, Margaret Gray Evans and her daughter Anne Evans moved into the house.
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