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Evans, Frederick William – Evans, Nathan George

Evans, Frederick William

lecturer, author, was born June 9, 1808, in England. He was an elder among the Shakers of Lebanon, N. Y., from 1838.

He is the author of Compendium of Origin, History and Doctrines of Shakers; Shaker Communism; Autobiography of a Shaker; Second Appearing of Christ; and Test of Divine Inspiration, which are his chief works. He died in 1893.

Evans, H. Clay

soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born June 18, 1843, in Juniata county, Pa. He was an enlisted man in the forty-first Wisconsin infantry during the late war; and was twice elected mayor of Chattanooga. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.

Evans, Henry G

journalist, was born in 1812. He was co-editor and proprietor of the New York Evening Mirror almost from the beginning of its career to its close, and was one of the best writers for the daily press in the city. He died Aug. 14, 1869, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Evans, Hugh Davy

lawyer, author, was born April 26, 1792, in Baltimore, Md.

He was a Baltimore lawyer, conspicuous for loyalty to the union during the civil war, who wrote on legal and high church topics. He was the author of Essay on Pleading; Maryland Common Law Practice; Essay on the Episcopate; Treatise on the Christian Doctrine of Marriage; Essays on the Validity of Anglican Ordination; and Theophilus Americanus. He died July 16, 1868, in Baltimore, Md.

Evans, I. Newton

physician, banker, congressman, was born July 29, 1827, in Chester county, Pa. He was president of the Hatboro National bank; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fifth, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.

Evans, James Lafayette

merchant, congressman, was born March 27, 1825, in Harrison county, Ky. He was elected a representative from Indiana in the forty-fourth congress. He was reelected to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.

Evans, Joe

artist, was born in 1857 in New York city. During 1891-94 he was president of the Art Students' league of New York; 1892-94 was secretary of the Society of American Artists; and since 1894 vice-president of the American Fine Arts society.

Evans, John

congressman. He was a delegate to the continental congress from Delaware, from 1776 to 1777.

Evans, John

geologist, was born Feb. 14, 1812, in Portsmouth, N. H. He discovered fossil bones of extinct species; made geological surveys of Washington and Oregon; and was geologist to Chiriqui commission. He died April 13, 1861, in Washington, D. C.

Evans, Joshua

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1833.

Evans, Nathan

lawyer, congressman, was born June 24, 1804, in Belmont county, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney for Guernsey county for four years. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1847 to 1849.

Evans, Nathan George

soldier, was born Feb. 6, 1824, in Marion, S. C.

He distinguished himself in the war of 1858; and resigned in 1861 to enter the confederate service. He attained the rank of brigadier-general; and surrendered with Lee in 1865. He died Nov. 30, 1868, in Midway, Ala.