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Evans, John H
tor, was born Dec. 12, 1848, in North Wales. In 1866 he located in Racine, banker, state sena- Wis.; and for many years was connected with his father, Richard J. Evans, in the tanning business. In 1878 he engaged in the steam laundry business in Omaha, Neb., and is now president of the Evans Laundry companies of Omaha, Lincoln and Council Bluffs. He is also president of the National Bank of Commerce of Omaha; and president of various other business institutions in Nebraska and Florida. In 1895 he was elected a member of the lower house of the Nebraska state legislature; and in 1896 was elected to the state senate.
Evans, Joshua
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1833.
Evans, Josiah James
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, United States senator, was born Nov. 27, 1786, in Marlborough, S. C. In 1812, 1813, and 1816 he was elected to the legislature; and by that body was made solicitor for the state from his district, which position he held for thir- In 1830 he was chosen a teen years. judge of the supreme court, which office he held until 1852, when he was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1859. He died May 6, 1.858.
Evans, Lemuel D
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was elected a representative from Texas to the thirtyfourth congress. ✔ EVANS, LEWIS, surveyor, author, was born about 1700. He was a surveyor and geographer of Philadelphia, who published Geographical, Historical, Political, and Mechanical Essays. He died in June, 1756.
Evans, Mrs. Lizzie Phelps Es- Terbrook
author, was born in 1846, in Massachusetts. She is a writer of Somerville, Mass., and the author of Aunt Nabby; and From Summer to Summer. EVANS, MARY LOUISE FROST ORMSBY, educator, journalist, lecturer, was born in 1848, in Albany, N. Y. After completing a classical course in Vassar college, she became principal of the Seabury seminary of New York city. She was a delegate of the Human Freedom league; the peace congress of 1892; and in 1893 a delegate for the educational congress; and subsequently a delegate to the woman's congress, and was eight times a delegate to Europe. She has been president of the International Peace league; vice-president of the Universal Peace union; and vice-president of the Woman's National Press association. She has made a national reputation as a lecturer, journalist and philanthropist, and is now associate editor of The Rhode Islander, of which her husband is editor and owner.
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.
Evans, Oliver
inventor, author, was born in 1755, in Newport, Del. He was a once famous inventor who constructed the first high-pressure steamengine; and the author of The Young Engineer's Guide; and Miller and Millwright's Guide. He died April 21, 1819, in New York city.
Evans, Percy Norton
educator, author, was born Sept. 6, 1869, in Montreal, Canada. Since 1895 he has been professor of chemistry in the Purdue university of Lafayette, Ind. He is the author of An Introductory Course in Quantitative Analysis; and has contributed to various scientific journals.
Evans, Robley D
naval officer, was born in Iowa. He had command of the flagship Iowa during the Spanish-American war of 1898.
Evans, Thomas
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1801.
Evans, Thomas
author, was born in 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Quaker controversialist of Philadelphia who was an active opponent of the doctrines of Thomas Hicks; and published an Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends. He died May 25, 1868.
Evans, Thomas Wiltberger
dentist, author, was born Dec. 23, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a famous dentist, resident in Paris since 1848, through whose aid the Empress Eugénie escaped from that city in 1870. He is the author of History of the American Ambulance in Paris during the Siege, 1870-71; Sanitary Institutions during the Austro-Prussian- Italian Conflict, 1868; Lettres sur le Gouvernement des Etats Unis; and La Commission Sanitaire des Etats Unis.
Evans, Walter
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 18, 1842, in Barren county, Ky. He entered the union army in 1861 and served throughout the civil war. After the close of the war he was engaged in the practice of law at Hopkinsville, Ky.; was a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1868, 1872, and 1880; and in 1871 was elected a representative in the state legislature.
In 1872 he was elected a state senator. He removed to Louisville; and in 1883 was appointed commissioner of internal revenue in the treasury department at Washington. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
He was one of the committee that prepared the Dingley tariff bill.
Evarts, Jeremiah
philanthropist, was born Feb. 3, 1781, in Sunderland, Vt.
He taught school; practiced law; and in 1820 edited the Missionary Herald. He wrote twenty-four essays on the Rights of Indians, which appeared under the signature of William Penn. He died May 10, 1831, in Charleston, S. C.
Evarts, William Maxwell
lawyer, United States senator, was born Feb. 6, 1818, in Boston, Mass. He was the leading counsel employed to defend President Johnson in his trial before the senate; and was attorney-general of the United States from 1868 to 1869, when he resigned. He was one of the three lawyers appointed to defend the interests of the United States before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva in 1871 to settle the Alabama claims; and was one of the counsel who defended Henry Ward Beecher in 1875. In 1875 he was invited by the centennial commission to deliver the opening oration at the exposition in 1876.
He was secretary of state under President Hayes from 1877 to 1881. In 1885 he was elected United States senator from New York for six years from March 4, 1885, and has since been re-elected twice to the same office.
Eve, Maria Lou
author, poet, was born about 1848 near Augusta, Ga. In 1879 she wrote a prize poem entitled Conquered at Last, expressing gratitude for northern aid during the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878.
Eve, Paul Fitzsimmons
physician, surgeon, author, was born June 27, 1806, near Augusta, Ga. He was a distinguished surgeon of Nashville during the civil war, surgeon-general of the confederate army of Tennessee; and the author of Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery; One Hundred Cases of Lithotomy; and The Inhumanity of Capital Punishment by Hanging. He died Nov. 3, 1877, in Nashville, Tenn.
Eve, Robert Campbell
educator, physician, author, was born May 15, 1843, in Augusta, Ga. He became professor of materia medica and medical jurisprudence in the Georgia Medical college. He has written on the Influence of the Ovaria in Uterine Disorders; Epilepsy; and Tonic Properties of Mercury in Minute Doses.
Eveleigh, Nicholas
congressman.
He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1781 to 1782.
Everall, John
farmer, educator, state senator, was born April 20, 1839, in England. He is a successful farmer of Farmersburg, Iowa; and was county superintendent of schools for four years; county auditor for six years; and served with distinction as a member of the Iowa state senate for eight years.
Everard, Richard
governor, was born in England. He was governor of North Carolina during 1725-29. He died Feb. 17, 1733, in London, England.
Everest, Charles W
clergyman, educator, poet, was born May 27, 1814, in East Windsor, Conn. He was a successful clergyman and educator; and for many years had charge of the Rectory School of Hamden, Conn. His poems have been a valuable acquisition to American literature.
Everest, Harvey William
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1831 in New York. He is a clergyman and educator of the Christian denomination; and the author of The Divine Demonstration; and a Text-Book of Christian Evidence.
Everett, Alexander Hill
diplomat, journalist, author, was born March 19, 1792, in Boston, Mass. He became charge d'affaires at Brussels in 1818; and from 1825 to 1829 was minister. In 1829 he was editor and principal proprietor of the North American Review, to which he had long been a contributor.
From 1830 to 1835 he was a member of the state legislature; and from 1845 until his death was commissioner to China. He published Europe; America; New Views on Population. He died June 29, 1847, in Canton, China.