Evelina Wood Barnes

Evelina Wood Barnes

• Father: James W. Barnes b. 15 October 1815, d. 21 October 1892
• Mother: Caroline Alice Greene b. circa 1823, d. 16 May 1901

• Evelina Wood Barnes was born on 25 October 1859 in Texas.
• James W. Barnes and Caroline Alice Greene appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelina Wood Barnes, Eugenia C. Barnes, Zenobia H. Barnes, Mark S. Barnes, Thomas Barnes and John T. Barnes. Also in the household was Robert Barnes (age 18, born in Mississippi), probably a nephew.
• Eugenia Barnes wrote in a letter to her cousin Evelina Barnes Wood on 3 February 1861, "Miss Evelina Wood, or, "Little Sis," is the sweetest child I ever saw. She can run about every where and is able to speak many little words. She is as good as she is pretty, and consequently a great favorite with us all. Ma's and Pa's life seems bound up in that child."
• James W. Barnes and Caroline Alice Greene appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelina Wood Barnes, Zenobia H. Barnes.
• She married Benjamin Johnson Hill, son of Oliver H. P. Hill and Carolina Hadley, on 27 October 1889 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eva Hill, Oliver Hadley Perry Hill and Allen Greene Hill.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eva Hill, Oliver Hadley Perry Hill and Allen Greene Hill.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eva Hill and Allen Greene Hill.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson Precinct, Grimes County, Texas.
• Evelina Wood Barnes died on 6 July 1936 at age 76 in Grimes County, Texas, two miles east of Anderson. . Her death was officially witnessed by Eva Hill.
• Her husband Benjamin Johnson Hill became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 9 July 1936 in The Houston Chronicle: (Navasota, July 8) Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Hill, who died at her home near Anderson, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Anderson Baptist Church by Rev. J. E. Boulet. She was a daughter of a Grimes County pioneer, Gen. J. W. Barnes, who settled near Anderson in 1841. Surviving are the husband; a son, Allen Hill of Anderson, and a daughter, Mrs. V. V. Aerl of San Antonio.

• Last Edited: 23 Dec 2012