Charles Francis Bevans was born on September 25, 1898 in Barber County, 
  near Gerlane. His father was Sherman L. Bevans, son of Charles Bevans and
  Sarah Ellen Grubb. His mother was Josie Lee Forshee, daughter of Mr. and
  Mrs. Frank Forshee, also of Barber County.
     Charlie lived all of his life in Barber County, farming the same ground
  as had his father and grandfather before him.
     On September 11, 1918, he married Hazel Blanceh Lyman, daughter of Peter
  and Rebecca Lyman, also of Barber County. On June 2, 1919, a daughter was
  born and named Marguerite Ellen. On August 30, 1922, Hazel died, leaving a
  three year old daughter and her husband, Charlie.
     On January 23, 1924, Charlie married Elma Springer, of Medicine Lodge. 
  He continued to farm near Gerlane and retired to Kiowa. Charlie died there 
  on May 8, 1968. He is buried near his family in New Liberty Cemetery near
  Gerlane.
     Marguerite married Arthur W. Saddler in May, 1947, and moved to Medicine
  Lodge where Arthur died in 1957.
     In 1959 she married Jack D. Nurse, son of a longtime Barber County family.
  They now reside in Medicine Lodge. The Bevans farm is owned by the fourth
  generation of the family.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 105 
     Submitted by: Marguerite E. Bevans Nurse