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Born 1870
From The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901)
DAVID GRIFFITHS EVANS.
Prominent among the successful and enterprising young business men of Carl Junction, Jasper county, is David Griffiths Evans, who was born in Twin Grove township, Jasper county, Missouri, on August 4, 1870. He is the only son of William E. and Elizabeth (Griffiths) Evans, the former of whom is one of the most pi-eminent citizens of Carl Junction. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, of Welsh ancestry, and came to Jasper county in 1869. Here he is a large land holder and is prominent in public, military and religious life.
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David Griffiths Evans was the only child of his parents, and received superior educational advantages. After an excellent primary preparation he entered the normal school of Fort Scott and graduated at that institution in the class of 1891. Until 1894 he continued to assist his father in his farming operations, and then opened up his business at Carl Junction. Mr. Evans deals in all kinds of farming machinery and has one of the best stocks in this locality and does a business of large proportions.
The marriage of Mr. Evans was in 1893, to Alice Gardiner, of Rourbon county, Kansas, who was a daughter of J. C. Gardiner. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, two of whom died in infancy, the surviving son being named Evan. Mr. Evans is a stanch Republican and has long Ijeen particularly active in the Methodist church and is superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and is venerable consul. He also belongs to the Horse Thief Protective Association. Mr. Evans is one of the energetic and progressive young men of this locality and has won the esteem and confidence of the public by his close attention to business and his honorable methods of dealing.
As printed in The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Daniel Fullmer
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