Is-fonds 803-879. - Rev. Jonah Bowen Evans, BD ('Cattwg'),

The Rev. Jonah Bowen Evans (1806-1876), married Elizabeth Williams of Pencarreg, co. Carm., on 18 June 1830. He was made deacon in 1829, ordained priest in 1830. Curate of Llan-y-crwys, co. Carm. and Llanfair Clydogau, co. Card. 1829-1831; of Cwmyoy with Llanthony and Capel-y-ffin, co. Mon., 1833-1838; of Orcop, co. Here, 1835-1836, and of Talach-ddu with Llanfihangel-Tal-y-Llyn and Llan-ddew, 1838-1847. Vicar of St Harmon, co. Rad., 1845-1876. Secretary of the Brecon Cymreigyddion Society in 1839, and submitted prize winning essays to local eisteddfodau at Abergavenny, 1837-1838, and Cowbridge, 1839, and to the National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth, 1865. He was the author of Canals, tramroads & railways of Gwent & Morgannwg. He died on 17 April 1876 and was buried in Llywel churchyard, co. Brec. For further details of his life, see David H. Williams's articles, 'A neglected Radnorshire cleric: the Reverend Jonah Bowen Evans, BD ('Cattwg'), vicar of St Harmon, 1845-76', Jnl Welsh Religious History, vol. 1 (1993), pp. 81-111, and 'A faithful vicar of St Harmon: the Reverend Jonah Bowen Evans, BD', Trans. Rads. Soc., vol. 71 (2001), pp. 104-140. See also NLW MS 23056D (letter book of Jonah Bowen Evans, 1843-1873; presented to Dr Williams by Mrs Dilys Jones of Trecastle, co. Brec.). Arranged into JBE's papers (803-857), and related papers and other family matters (859-879).