Catherine and Howard Evans papers, 1724-1968.

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Catherine and Howard Evans papers, 1724-1968.

These are the papers of the Howard and Catherine Peter Evans family.

7.6 cubic ft. (18 boxes, 3 packages)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6819943

University of Kentucky Libraries

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Gratz, Miriam Simon, 1749-1808

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Evans, Howard (James Howard), 1895-1969.

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Farmer, engineer. Howard Evans, a native of Lebanon, Ky., was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and a prominent engineer and farmer. His wife, Catherine Peter Evans, was a granddaughter of Dr. Robert Peter, a nineteenth-century Lexington physician, scientist, and professor in the Medical Department of Transylvania and in the Louisville Medical School. Dr. Peter married Frances Dallam in 1835; among their children were Robert Jr., Benjamin Dudley, Frances Dallam an...

Peter, Frances Dallam, 1843-1864

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Peter, Robert, 1847-1915.

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Dallam, William S.

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Dudley family.

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Peter, Benjamin Dudley.

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Lewinski, Thomas, 1802-1882.

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Architect. Lewinski was born in England, and, after leaving a seminary where he was studying for the priesthood, joined the British army. He fought in Spain and in South America, then emigrated to the United States, where he taught at the University of Louisville before moving to Lexington, Ky. in 1842. Having studied architecture and engineering in London, Lewinski was soon able to establish himself as a leading architect in Kentucky. He worked on the design of the orig...

Meredith, Samuel, 1807-1899

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Member of the Continental Congress. From the description of Autograph signature to a resolution in Committee of Safety, 1776 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638895 Samuel Caldwell Meredith was born in Pennsylvania to John Wheeler and Elizabeth (Busbey) Meredith. Samuel married Margaret Ballard in 1829 and they had two children, a son William and a daughter Emily. Emily married Edward Willis Nicholson and their son Meredith Nicholson became a leader in creating the ...

Evans, Catherine Peter.

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Dallam, Richard, 1743-1820

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Dallam was a cattle drover employed by George Wentworth to move stock from Texas to California and from Oregon to California. From the description of Cattle drive : from Texas to California, and in California and Oregon / by Richard Dallam, 1852-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702125762 ...

Dallam family.

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Shinn, William T.

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Evans family.

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Peter, Johanna, 1845-1935

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Peter, Frances Dallam, 1815-

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Peter, Arthur

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Dallam, Letitia Paca.

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Peter, Robert, 1805-1894

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Chemist, physician, teacher. Robert Peter was born in England but emigrated to America in 1817. He lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After attending the Rensselaer School, in Troy, New York and lecturing on chemistry at Western University of Pennsylvania, Peter moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he became a professor of chemistry at Transylvania University. He also studied medicine at Transylvania, and received his medical degree in 1834. He only practiced m...

Gratz family.

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Garland family.

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Frazier family.

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