West Liberty History
1838-1938

Source: One Hundred Years of History
* Commemorating a Century of Progress in the West Liberty Community * WEST LIBERTY, IOWA

HON. JOHN A. EVANS

John A. Evans came from Ohio in 1856 and settled on a farm one-half mile east of West Liberty. He married Flora M. Barnes of Connecticut, in 1860. They had three children of their own and adopted two. With his farming he made a specialty of raising Shorthorn cattle and standard bred and roadster horses. He was a member of the Union District Agricultural Society, missing but one meeting since its organization, while he lived. He represented Muscatine county in the twenty-second assembly and was deputy revenue collector in the southern district for several years. He passed away November 19, 1908.


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