The Dictionary of Virginia Biography is published online through a partnership with Encyclopedia Virginia. Biographies that do not also appear in the three print volumes (surnames Aaroe�Daniels) link to lists of sources consulted.
Sources consulted for the biography of:Joseph P. Evans (1835–1889)
Biographies
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, August 20, 1875.
- Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal, September 2, 1884 (with birth date), excerpted in New-York Times, September 5, 1884.
- Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 14–15.
Primary Sources
- Election results in Election Record no. 4 (1871) and no. 2 (1873), Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 26041, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Petersburg City Minute Book (1887–1889), 451, 515, 539, 717, Library of Virginia.
- Death Register, City of Petersburg, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Secondary Source
- William D. Henderson, Gilded Age City: Politics, Life, and Labor in Petersburg, Virginia, 1874–1889 (1980), esp. 17, 177–183.
Newspapers
- Petersburg Index, April 12, 1867
- Petersburg Daily Progress, October 26, 1871; November 8, 1871
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, September 19, 1873 (quotation); August 23, 1875
- Petersburg Index and Appeal, November 5, 1873; November 17, 1874; December 20, 1886
- Richmond Enquirer, August 21 1875
- Petersburg Lancet, September 13, 1884; November 29, 1884
- New-York Times, November 3, 1884
Obituaries
- Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal, May 17, 1889; May 21, 1889 (account of funeral)
- Fredericksburg Free Lance, May 24, 1889
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