ROBERT EVANS

EVANS, DENNISON

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Date: 5/16/2005 at 01:42:51

EVANS, Robert, merchant, tailor, farmer and Justice of the Peace; P. O. Clermont; born in Liverpool, England, Sept. 6, 1827; came to this country and New York City in 1848; came to Pennsylvania in 1849; came to Iowa and Dubuque in 1854; settled in this county in 1857. He was married in 1852 to Miss Isabelle Dennison from Pennsylvania; they have had ten children, three died; the living are Edgar, Robert, George, Louis, Frank, Carl and Henry. He has 120 acres of land in Secs. 19 and 20, valued at $3,000. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for four years; Township Collector one year; Secretary School Board ten years. He is a Democrat.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Clermont Township
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