Evans, John (1844-1913)

EVANS

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Date: 9/15/2019 at 13:03:00

John Evans
June 14, 1844 - Feb 28, 1913

[From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.653]
JOHN EVANS, of Garner Township, Section 6, is one of the well-known and early settlers of Pottawattamie County. He was born in Wales, June 14, 1844, and came to this country in 1856. (For parents, emigration, etc., see sketch of Joseph EVANS.) He passed his youth engaged in farming, which occupation he has always followed. His first purchase was his present farm, where he has lived for many years. He has 145 acres of Pottawattamie Creek land, where he is engaged in general farming, stock-raising and gardening, five miles from the city limits of Council Bluffs. He is a man yet in the prime of life, frank and cordial in his manner, honorable in his business, and is one of the enterprising citizens of Garner Township. Politically, he is independent.

He was married in Pottawattamie County, October 10, 1866, to Miss Sarah REECE, who was born in Wales, the daughter of John and Mary (DAVIS) REECE, also natives of Wales. The father died in Council Bluffs in 1875 and the mother in Garner Township in 1866. Mr. And Mrs. EVANS have six children, viz.: Mary, wife of William STRANG of Council Bluffs; Margaret; Francis; Sadie; John; and Eva. The family are members of the Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints, of which Mr. EVANS is a Priest.