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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames La Fayette EVANS
(1825-1903)
EVANS, James La Fayette, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Clayville, Harrison County,
Ky., March 27, 1825; attended the public schools; moved to Indiana,
with his parents, who settled in Hancock County in 1837; moved to
Marion, Ind., in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to
Hamilton County, Ind.; settled in Noblesville in 1850 and continued
mercantile pursuits; also engaged in the grain-elevator business
and in the pork-packing business; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3,
1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the
grain-elevator business; died in Noblesville, Ind., May 28, 1903;
interment in Crownland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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