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Eustis, George – Evans, Dudley

Eustis, George

jurist, was born Oct. 20, 1796, in Boston, Mass. He was attorney-general of Louisiana, a member of the constitutional convention of 1845, and chief justice of the supreme court till 1852. He died Dec. 23, 1858 in New Orleans.

Eustis, George

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1828, in New Orleans, La. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. During the rebellion he served as private secretary to John M. Mason, when the latter was confederate commissioner to France. He died March 15, 1872, in France.

Eustis, William Henry

statesman, was born July 17, 1845, in Oxbrow, N. Y. In 1890 he was elected mayor of Minneapolis.

Evans, Albert H

farmer, legislator, was born June 2, 1851, in Morrow county, Ohio. He is a successful farmer of Tamawa, Ill.; and in 1890 was elected a member of the Illinois state legislature.

Evans, Alexander

civil engineer, congressman, was born in Elkton, Md. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1847 to 1853.

Evans, Alexander

soldier, merchant, poet, was born Nov. 9, 1814, in Middletown, Ky. He served in the army in 1847-48, and in 1861 became major in the confederate service. He is the author of two volumes of poems entitled Æneas; and Fashions.

Evans, Alonzo

journalist, was born July 18, 1866, in Winneshiek county, Iowa.

He is the editor and owner of The Sun of Lime Springs, Iowa; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his county and state.

Evans, Charles I

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born March 29, 1843, in Noxubee county, Miss. He received his education at the Baylor university, Texas; and the university of Virginia. In 1861 he entered the confederate army as a private; served four years; and was promoted to first lieutenant of artillery in 1863. He is one of the leading lawyers of Texas, and is prominently identified with the public affairs of Dallas, where he has served with distinction as district judge.

Evans, David E

congressman. He was elected a representative from New York to the twentieth congress, but resigned.

Evans, David Reid

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1769, in England. He served in the state legislature from 1800 to 1803; and from 1804 to 1811 was solicitor for the middle district of South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1815; and in 1818 and 1822 was a member of the state senate. He died March 8, 1843, in South Carolina.

Evans, De Scott

artist, was born March 28, 1847, in Boston, Ind. He opened a studio in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874, and became instructor and co-director in the Academy of Fine Arts of Cleveland, Ohio.

He is especially skillful in painting draperies. His genre pictures include The * First Snowfall; Grandma's Visitors; and Day Before the Wedding.

Evans, Dudley

legislator, was born Jan. 27, 1838, in Monongalia county, W.

Va. During the war he was a member of the Virginia legislature. In 1891 he was elected one of the board of directors, and made second vice-president of the Wells- Fargo and Co. of New York city.

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