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         THOMAS EVANS, deceased, was a pioneer of Louisa County, and was born in Wales. His father, Richard Evans, was a farmer by occupation, and Thomas was reared to farm life. In 1844, on attaining his majority, he left his native land and emigrated to America, locating first in Ohio. Remaining in that State for several months, he then came west to Louisa County, Iowa, in the spring of 1845, settling on section 29, in Columbus City Township, where he entered 160 acres of land. This was in its primitive state, covered with a thick growth of brush, which had to be cleared away before the ground could be plowed and planted, but little by little the ground was made ready for the seed, and he soon had a fine farm, upon which he resided until his death in 1855.

To Mr. and Mrs. Evans were born four children, though only one reached maturity, Elizabeth Ann, now the wife of David R. Hughes, a farmer of Columbus City Township. Mr. Evans was a member of the Welsh Congregational church, and a sincere Christian. Public spirited, liberal, and just to all, he won friends wherever he went.

After the death of her first husband Mrs. Evans became the wife of Humphrey Jones, a native of Wales, who died in 1884. She was born in March, 1820, and is a daughter of Hugh and Ann (Evans) Tudor. Her father was a farmer, and the members of his family yet living are: Catherine; Arthur, who resides in Red Oak, Iowa; William, of Cin- . . .

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. . . cinnati, Ohio, is the proprietor of the Tudor Boiler Manufacturing Company of that city, and is also proprietor of the Tudor Boiler Works. He made the first locomotive boiler west of the Alleghany Mountains, constructed the boiler for the first fire engine ever made in the United States, and also built the boiler for the famous gunboat “Monitor,” used in the United State Navy during the late Rebellion. The third child of Hugh Tudor is Mrs. Ellen Hughes, of Cincinnati, Ohio.