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Margaret Gray Evans
Margaret Gray Evans (August 21, 1830 – September 7, 1906) was the wife of Territorial Governor John Evans and 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.
Margaret Patten Gray was born on August 21, 1830, in Bowdoinham, Maine. She was one of nine children born to Susan Felton Gray and Samuel Gray, a lawyer and shipbuilder.
She is one of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her great-grandfather Pardon Gray and a descendant of two men on the Mayflower, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren.
Her sister Cornelia married Orrington Lunt, a wealthy grain broker who also helped found Northwestern University with John Evans. Paul Cornell, an attorney, married another sister. Cornell was a real estate developer who founded the town of Hyde Park, Illinois.
Margaret Gray married John Evans August 18, 1853, in Bowdoinham, Maine. It was the second marriage for John Evans, whose wife, Hannah Canby Evans, died of tuberculosis in 1850. She had a step-daughter, Josephine Evans, the only surviving child from his first marriage. The family moved to Chicago in 1855.
Margaret and John's children are:
Their daughter, Margaret, died a few months after John Evans moved to Denver while the rest of the family remained in Evanston, Illinois. Margaret and her son William moved to Colorado in November 1862 when her husband had sufficiently settled his affairs. They initially lived at Tremont House while their house was built. Josephine went away to school at the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. After she completed her schooling, she moved to Denver in late January 1864.
Margaret traveled to Washington, D.C., with her stepdaughter Josephine and niece Cornelia Gray Lunt to attend Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration. She also traveled to Evanston when Josephine married Samuel Hitt Elbert in 1865 at the Evanston home. Josephine had a child who died in 1868. She died of tuberculosis in 1868.
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Margaret Gray Evans
Margaret Gray Evans (August 21, 1830 – September 7, 1906) was the wife of Territorial Governor John Evans and 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.
Margaret Patten Gray was born on August 21, 1830, in Bowdoinham, Maine. She was one of nine children born to Susan Felton Gray and Samuel Gray, a lawyer and shipbuilder.
She is one of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her great-grandfather Pardon Gray and a descendant of two men on the Mayflower, Francis Cooke and Richard Warren.
Her sister Cornelia married Orrington Lunt, a wealthy grain broker who also helped found Northwestern University with John Evans. Paul Cornell, an attorney, married another sister. Cornell was a real estate developer who founded the town of Hyde Park, Illinois.
Margaret Gray married John Evans August 18, 1853, in Bowdoinham, Maine. It was the second marriage for John Evans, whose wife, Hannah Canby Evans, died of tuberculosis in 1850. She had a step-daughter, Josephine Evans, the only surviving child from his first marriage. The family moved to Chicago in 1855.
Margaret and John's children are:
Their daughter, Margaret, died a few months after John Evans moved to Denver while the rest of the family remained in Evanston, Illinois. Margaret and her son William moved to Colorado in November 1862 when her husband had sufficiently settled his affairs. They initially lived at Tremont House while their house was built. Josephine went away to school at the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. After she completed her schooling, she moved to Denver in late January 1864.
Margaret traveled to Washington, D.C., with her stepdaughter Josephine and niece Cornelia Gray Lunt to attend Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration. She also traveled to Evanston when Josephine married Samuel Hitt Elbert in 1865 at the Evanston home. Josephine had a child who died in 1868. She died of tuberculosis in 1868.
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