Judge William Casper Bevans was born 21 Dec 1806 in Charleston, Charleston Co., SC.
He married Catherine Elizabeth McGuire Daughter of John McGuire and Cynthia Sharpe in 1828 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC.
He studied law in NC and afterward practiced his profession in Greenville, in the northern part of his native state. He removed to the Lone Star State in 1840, settling at Austin, and there practiced his profession until 1846. He then moved to Batesville, Ark., where he joined a number of his relatives who had moved there from North Carolina. Here he was elected to the legislature of Arkansas, and served with great acceptability in the sessions of 1852-53. So great was his popularity and prominence, that he was elected judge of the circuit court of the Third judicial circuit in 1856, and was much esteemed for his sterling integrity, sober, sound judgement, broad intelligence and liberal, progressive ideas. His decisions were not made without careful and painstaking study of the evidence adduced, and all felt that his judgement could be relied upon. During the Civil War he took his family south, where he remained a quiet citizen until the cessation of hostilities.
He was a representative in the legislature in 1852-53; in 1856 he was elected circuit judge and served the people in that capacity for four years.
He died 28 Sep 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR on his way home to Batesville. He was buried in Sep 1865 in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR.
He had three beautiful daughters, the belles of the country in their youth. One of them married ex-Gov. William R. Miller, another became the wife of Maj. William E. Gibbs and a third is the wife of Hon. James W. Butler, the present judge of the Third judicial circuit of Arkansas.
He married Catherine Elizabeth McGuire Daughter of John McGuire and Cynthia Sharpe in 1828 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC.
He studied law in NC and afterward practiced his profession in Greenville, in the northern part of his native state. He removed to the Lone Star State in 1840, settling at Austin, and there practiced his profession until 1846. He then moved to Batesville, Ark., where he joined a number of his relatives who had moved there from North Carolina. Here he was elected to the legislature of Arkansas, and served with great acceptability in the sessions of 1852-53. So great was his popularity and prominence, that he was elected judge of the circuit court of the Third judicial circuit in 1856, and was much esteemed for his sterling integrity, sober, sound judgement, broad intelligence and liberal, progressive ideas. His decisions were not made without careful and painstaking study of the evidence adduced, and all felt that his judgement could be relied upon. During the Civil War he took his family south, where he remained a quiet citizen until the cessation of hostilities.
He was a representative in the legislature in 1852-53; in 1856 he was elected circuit judge and served the people in that capacity for four years.
He died 28 Sep 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR on his way home to Batesville. He was buried in Sep 1865 in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR.
He had three beautiful daughters, the belles of the country in their youth. One of them married ex-Gov. William R. Miller, another became the wife of Maj. William E. Gibbs and a third is the wife of Hon. James W. Butler, the present judge of the Third judicial circuit of Arkansas.
Judge William Casper Bevans was born 21 Dec 1806 in Charleston, Charleston Co., SC.
He married Catherine Elizabeth McGuire Daughter of John McGuire and Cynthia Sharpe in 1828 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC.
He studied law in NC and afterward practiced his profession in Greenville, in the northern part of his native state. He removed to the Lone Star State in 1840, settling at Austin, and there practiced his profession until 1846. He then moved to Batesville, Ark., where he joined a number of his relatives who had moved there from North Carolina. Here he was elected to the legislature of Arkansas, and served with great acceptability in the sessions of 1852-53. So great was his popularity and prominence, that he was elected judge of the circuit court of the Third judicial circuit in 1856, and was much esteemed for his sterling integrity, sober, sound judgement, broad intelligence and liberal, progressive ideas. His decisions were not made without careful and painstaking study of the evidence adduced, and all felt that his judgement could be relied upon. During the Civil War he took his family south, where he remained a quiet citizen until the cessation of hostilities.
He was a representative in the legislature in 1852-53; in 1856 he was elected circuit judge and served the people in that capacity for four years.
He died 28 Sep 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR on his way home to Batesville. He was buried in Sep 1865 in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR.
He had three beautiful daughters, the belles of the country in their youth. One of them married ex-Gov. William R. Miller, another became the wife of Maj. William E. Gibbs and a third is the wife of Hon. James W. Butler, the present judge of the Third judicial circuit of Arkansas.
He married Catherine Elizabeth McGuire Daughter of John McGuire and Cynthia Sharpe in 1828 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC.
He studied law in NC and afterward practiced his profession in Greenville, in the northern part of his native state. He removed to the Lone Star State in 1840, settling at Austin, and there practiced his profession until 1846. He then moved to Batesville, Ark., where he joined a number of his relatives who had moved there from North Carolina. Here he was elected to the legislature of Arkansas, and served with great acceptability in the sessions of 1852-53. So great was his popularity and prominence, that he was elected judge of the circuit court of the Third judicial circuit in 1856, and was much esteemed for his sterling integrity, sober, sound judgement, broad intelligence and liberal, progressive ideas. His decisions were not made without careful and painstaking study of the evidence adduced, and all felt that his judgement could be relied upon. During the Civil War he took his family south, where he remained a quiet citizen until the cessation of hostilities.
He was a representative in the legislature in 1852-53; in 1856 he was elected circuit judge and served the people in that capacity for four years.
He died 28 Sep 1865 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR on his way home to Batesville. He was buried in Sep 1865 in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR.
He had three beautiful daughters, the belles of the country in their youth. One of them married ex-Gov. William R. Miller, another became the wife of Maj. William E. Gibbs and a third is the wife of Hon. James W. Butler, the present judge of the Third judicial circuit of Arkansas.
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