Jeremiah M. Evarts, was a lawyer who served as an assistant corporation counsel during the administration of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, died on a Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 89 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Mr. Evarts was born in Windsor, Vt., and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. In 1942 he joined the law firm of Reavis & McGrath, from which he retired in 1967 as a senior partner. He was assistant corporation counsel from 1935 to 1941.
During WW1 he lead Company E, 18thth Infantry Reg. , 1st Infantry Division and also served as the acting Adjutant of the Battalion, 1st Division. In late May 1928 he was involved with the 18th’s relief of the front line soldiers of the 28th Infantry Reg.. The latter had lead the offensive assault on the German held French village of Cantigny and suffered heavy causalities. This would be known as “The Battle of Cantigny.”
After the war Capt. Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts authored a book, “Cantiqny, a Comer of the War.” Six excerpts of his well written, riveting, first hand accounts were published in the Chicago Tribune. The book is considered rare and difficult to find.
He was survived by his wife, the former Marguerite Tucker; five children from a previous marriage, Mary Steele of Manhattan; Katharine Merck of Mendham, N.J.; Elizabeth deRham of Cambridge, Mass.; Maxwell Evarts of Bedford, N.Y., and Jasper M. Evarts of Landgrove, Vt., and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Evarts was born in Windsor, Vt., and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. In 1942 he joined the law firm of Reavis & McGrath, from which he retired in 1967 as a senior partner. He was assistant corporation counsel from 1935 to 1941.
During WW1 he lead Company E, 18thth Infantry Reg. , 1st Infantry Division and also served as the acting Adjutant of the Battalion, 1st Division. In late May 1928 he was involved with the 18th’s relief of the front line soldiers of the 28th Infantry Reg.. The latter had lead the offensive assault on the German held French village of Cantigny and suffered heavy causalities. This would be known as “The Battle of Cantigny.”
After the war Capt. Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts authored a book, “Cantiqny, a Comer of the War.” Six excerpts of his well written, riveting, first hand accounts were published in the Chicago Tribune. The book is considered rare and difficult to find.
He was survived by his wife, the former Marguerite Tucker; five children from a previous marriage, Mary Steele of Manhattan; Katharine Merck of Mendham, N.J.; Elizabeth deRham of Cambridge, Mass.; Maxwell Evarts of Bedford, N.Y., and Jasper M. Evarts of Landgrove, Vt., and 10 grandchildren.
Jeremiah M. Evarts, was a lawyer who served as an assistant corporation counsel during the administration of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, died on a Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 89 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Mr. Evarts was born in Windsor, Vt., and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. In 1942 he joined the law firm of Reavis & McGrath, from which he retired in 1967 as a senior partner. He was assistant corporation counsel from 1935 to 1941.
During WW1 he lead Company E, 18thth Infantry Reg. , 1st Infantry Division and also served as the acting Adjutant of the Battalion, 1st Division. In late May 1928 he was involved with the 18th’s relief of the front line soldiers of the 28th Infantry Reg.. The latter had lead the offensive assault on the German held French village of Cantigny and suffered heavy causalities. This would be known as “The Battle of Cantigny.”
After the war Capt. Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts authored a book, “Cantiqny, a Comer of the War.” Six excerpts of his well written, riveting, first hand accounts were published in the Chicago Tribune. The book is considered rare and difficult to find.
He was survived by his wife, the former Marguerite Tucker; five children from a previous marriage, Mary Steele of Manhattan; Katharine Merck of Mendham, N.J.; Elizabeth deRham of Cambridge, Mass.; Maxwell Evarts of Bedford, N.Y., and Jasper M. Evarts of Landgrove, Vt., and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Evarts was born in Windsor, Vt., and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. In 1942 he joined the law firm of Reavis & McGrath, from which he retired in 1967 as a senior partner. He was assistant corporation counsel from 1935 to 1941.
During WW1 he lead Company E, 18thth Infantry Reg. , 1st Infantry Division and also served as the acting Adjutant of the Battalion, 1st Division. In late May 1928 he was involved with the 18th’s relief of the front line soldiers of the 28th Infantry Reg.. The latter had lead the offensive assault on the German held French village of Cantigny and suffered heavy causalities. This would be known as “The Battle of Cantigny.”
After the war Capt. Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts authored a book, “Cantiqny, a Comer of the War.” Six excerpts of his well written, riveting, first hand accounts were published in the Chicago Tribune. The book is considered rare and difficult to find.
He was survived by his wife, the former Marguerite Tucker; five children from a previous marriage, Mary Steele of Manhattan; Katharine Merck of Mendham, N.J.; Elizabeth deRham of Cambridge, Mass.; Maxwell Evarts of Bedford, N.Y., and Jasper M. Evarts of Landgrove, Vt., and 10 grandchildren.
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