John Henry Evans (1930)
EVANS, PIATT, WICKHAM
Posted By: Linda Smith
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:51
Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 2, 1930
Page 7, Column 4UNION CHAPEL (delayed)
Mrs. John Piatt received the sad news of her uncle, John Evans death. He was a lawyer and lived at Thedford, Nebraska.
______________________The Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska
Thursday, December 12, 1929
Page 8, Column 6John H. Evans, Early Nebraska Lawyer, Dies
Thedford Attorney Defended Doc Middleton and Member of His Gang of Ruslters
Thedford, Neb. Dec 13 - John H. Evans, 80, pioneer western Nebraska lawyer, died Thursday at his home of heart disease following an illness of two days.
Evans was actively engaged in the practice of law for 40 years in Nebraska and was one of the attorneys who defended Doc Middleton, famous Nebraska cattle rustler, 40 years ago. Evans appeared as attorney for the defendants accused of several murders growing out of that case.
Evans is survived by two sons, Therron, a rancher, and Ivan D., county attorney of Thomas county, and a daughter, Mrs. F. B. Wickham, all of Thedford. A brother, Alex, of Stillwater, Okla., and four grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Anselmo, Neb., with the Masonic lodge officiating. He will be buried at Thedford.
________________________Transcriber's note: John Henry Evans appears in the Madison County, Iowa census in 1856, 1860, and 1870.
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