Fourth Generation

13. Salem T. EVANS was born on 30 November 1841 in Allegany County, NY.⁷ (His obituary and gravestone listed his age as "38 yrs, 4 mos & 17 days," indicating a birth date of 30 Nov 1841. Other family records list it as 29 Nov 1841.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Hornellsville Township, Steuben County, NY.⁶ He appeared in the census in 1855 in Hornellsville Township, Steuben County, NY.⁷ Salem appeared in the census in 1860 in Portville Township, Cattaraugus County, NY.⁸ He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Farmer." He served in the military on 15 May 1861 in New York.³⁴ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ Salem died on 17 April 1880 at the age of 38 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,13,36

Obituary Notes: "Died at his home in Oakdale, April 17th, 1880, after a brief illness, Salem T. Evans, aged 38 years, 4 months and 17 days.

The deceased was universally respected by the community where he lived, for his sterling honesty and integrity of character, as well as for his uniform kindness and charitableness of disposition. In his death the community loses a most valuable citizen, the church an exemplary consistent Christian, the Sunday School an earnest, active, faithful worker, the family an affectionate husband, and a loving father."

. He was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,12 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

Salem T. EVANS and Azubah Permelin TAYLOR were married on 26 December 1867 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,37,38 They may have married in 1864. Azubah Permelin TAYLOR, daughter of Moses TAYLOR and Azubah PRATT, was born on 5 September 1844 in Fort Ann Township, Washington County, NY.^4,13,37,39 (Her given name is listed as Azeba in the 1880 Census, as Azubah in the Monroe County marriage records, and as Azuba in her obituary.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Fort Ann Township, Washington County, NY.⁴⁰ She appeared in the census in 1855 in Fort Ann Township, Washington County, NY.⁴¹ Azubah appeared in the census in 1860 in Fort Ann Township, Washington County, NY.⁴² She appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ She appeared in the census in June 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,43 She was living with her 4 children; her husband had died two months earlier. They lived next door to her husband's parents, Charles and Hannah Jane Griswold Evans.

On 26 December 1880, she wrote in the autograph book of Carrie Permelia Griswold: "Dear Carrie, Let not your present happiness cause you to forget that ere long sad changes may be your lot and try and be prepared to meet them. O how precious it is to be able to claim Christ as a friend that death or the changes of time cannot tear from us. Your friend, Azuba."

. Azubah appeared in the census in 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴ She was living with her husband, George Mills. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁵ She was living with her son Clarence during the 1910 Census. She died on 8 September 1915 at the age of 71 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,13,37,39 Azubah was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,12 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

Salem T. EVANS and Azubah Permelin TAYLOR had the following children:

+28	i.	Launetta "Etta" EVANS.
+29	ii.	Clarence Eugene EVANS.
+30	iii.	Rosa Mabel "Rose" EVANS.
31	iv.	Bertha A. EVANS was born on 25 February 1878 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,12,36,46 She died on 24 May 1878 at the age of 0 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^{4,5,10,12,13,37} Obituary: "In Oakdale on the 17th ..., of dropsy of the brain. Barth, daughter of Salem and Azubah Evans, aged three months. She has come and she has gone. It were hard to give her up, did we not know that He who said 'Suffer little children who come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven, doth all things well. 'Over the river of death she has passed, Safe on the evergreen shore; Freed from this world of sin and distress, To suffer affliction no more. Like the bud that puts forth in the spring time, We looked for a blossom fair; but she has gone to the home of the blessed, to await our arrival there. The Savior that died to redeem us, Will make us pure within, And fit and prepare us for heaven, A place that is free from sin.'" Gravestone Inscription: "Bertha A. daughter of S. T. and AP Evans Died May 24 1876 Aged 3 ms" She was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.