Active in Southampton late 1870s - 1918

In 1871 James Colson Bevis lived with his widowed mother in Bevois Town, and worked as a messenger. The 1881 and 1891 census records listed Colson Bevis as a photographer, living with his wife and family at the same address in Bevois Town.  

By 1901 Colson Bevis had moved to Paynes Road, Freemantle.  He worked as a photographer in Freemantle until his death in 1918.

1891 Stevens Directory