Thomas S. Evins, M.D., a prominent physician of Wayne County, was born in Tennessee in 1846, and is the son of William A. and Eliza (Bobo) Evins, who were also Tennesseans. The father was a merchant and farmer, a Democrat and member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He died January 15, 1856, followed by his widow, in 1870. Thomas S. was united in marriage to Minerva J. Gullick in 1875. She is a daughter of Jonathan A. and Frances C. (Baker) Gullick. Her father is a prosperous farmer, and belongs to the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs.. Evins was born in 1846, and is the mother of two children: Frank, born March 3, 1876, died march 3, 1878, and Thomas J., born September 22, 1877. October 8, 1877, Mrs. Evins died. Our subject was educated in the best schools of Bedford County, and lived with his parents until their respective deaths, when he began reading medicine under Dr. H. P. Ferguson, and remained with him about one year. He obtained two courses of lectures in 1870-71 in Louisville Medical College, after which he located at Wayne Furnace, and after practicing there until 1874 he entered Vanderbuilt University, of Nashville, and attended the course of 1874-75, graduating in the latter