"William D. Evans was born in Tennessee in 1807. He was a resident in Davis County from 1840 until his death in 1893. He was one of the many Tennesseans who located here in the beginning. It happened that he and most of the other pioneers who came from the Southern States first tried Indiana. That state already had become too well occupied to satisfy the wanderlust of the immigrant who wanted a frontier with Indians in it. Mr. Evans found here just what he was looking for. The Indians skulked around his cabin for three years. He had married Miss Elizabeth McMurry in 1828. He was a blacksmith by trade and a good one too. The blacksmith filled an important place in those early days. All kinds of metal jobs were taken to the blacksmith. Mr. Evans was a fine looking man of unusual appearance and intelligence and it was foreordained that he would be selected on sight for office. So when the first opening occurred he became one of the County Commissioners. He met with Mr. McAtee and Mr. Weaver for that first meeting but whether he had to doff his clothes and swim Fox River deponent sayeth not. The record is silent on that subject, but we can safely assume that there were no bridges. In naming Bloomfield it appears that the name he suggested was selected. He was a staunch and true Presbyterian and was a leader in church and Sunday School work in the neighborhood of Troy. He was first among the men who founded the Troy Academy. The result was that the settlement around Troy became the center of an advanced movement both in church and schools. Many young men and women were educated there who moved out over the state and became leaders.
Mr. Evans later lived as a farmer, then a retired farmer, and always a man highly respected by all who knew him. He started in the log cabin, endured the hardships of pioneer life, maintained his physical and mental vigor to a good old age. While he lived he was first in the hearts of his countrymen and his memory is honored by all who knew him."
Source: A Pioneer History of Davis County, published by the Bloomfield Democrat, 1927, p. 9
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Contributor: Burton Hoyt Lee (50223736)
Mr. Evans later lived as a farmer, then a retired farmer, and always a man highly respected by all who knew him. He started in the log cabin, endured the hardships of pioneer life, maintained his physical and mental vigor to a good old age. While he lived he was first in the hearts of his countrymen and his memory is honored by all who knew him."
Source: A Pioneer History of Davis County, published by the Bloomfield Democrat, 1927, p. 9
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Contributor: Burton Hoyt Lee (50223736)
"William D. Evans was born in Tennessee in 1807. He was a resident in Davis County from 1840 until his death in 1893. He was one of the many Tennesseans who located here in the beginning. It happened that he and most of the other pioneers who came from the Southern States first tried Indiana. That state already had become too well occupied to satisfy the wanderlust of the immigrant who wanted a frontier with Indians in it. Mr. Evans found here just what he was looking for. The Indians skulked around his cabin for three years. He had married Miss Elizabeth McMurry in 1828. He was a blacksmith by trade and a good one too. The blacksmith filled an important place in those early days. All kinds of metal jobs were taken to the blacksmith. Mr. Evans was a fine looking man of unusual appearance and intelligence and it was foreordained that he would be selected on sight for office. So when the first opening occurred he became one of the County Commissioners. He met with Mr. McAtee and Mr. Weaver for that first meeting but whether he had to doff his clothes and swim Fox River deponent sayeth not. The record is silent on that subject, but we can safely assume that there were no bridges. In naming Bloomfield it appears that the name he suggested was selected. He was a staunch and true Presbyterian and was a leader in church and Sunday School work in the neighborhood of Troy. He was first among the men who founded the Troy Academy. The result was that the settlement around Troy became the center of an advanced movement both in church and schools. Many young men and women were educated there who moved out over the state and became leaders.
Mr. Evans later lived as a farmer, then a retired farmer, and always a man highly respected by all who knew him. He started in the log cabin, endured the hardships of pioneer life, maintained his physical and mental vigor to a good old age. While he lived he was first in the hearts of his countrymen and his memory is honored by all who knew him."
Source: A Pioneer History of Davis County, published by the Bloomfield Democrat, 1927, p. 9
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Contributor: Burton Hoyt Lee (50223736)
Mr. Evans later lived as a farmer, then a retired farmer, and always a man highly respected by all who knew him. He started in the log cabin, endured the hardships of pioneer life, maintained his physical and mental vigor to a good old age. While he lived he was first in the hearts of his countrymen and his memory is honored by all who knew him."
Source: A Pioneer History of Davis County, published by the Bloomfield Democrat, 1927, p. 9
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Contributor: Burton Hoyt Lee (50223736)
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