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WILLIAM C. EVANS was born in Delaware county, N. Y., June 24, 1822; he died in West Liberty, Iowa, April 11, 1905. In 1834 he removed with his father’s family to Ohio and assisted in making a home in what was then the far west. He afterwards worked for a time in Illinois and the lumber camps of Wisconsin and with a portion of the earnings thus obtained he attended for two terms the seminary at Kirtland, Ohio. In 1852 he purchased a fourth interest in the site of the town of West Liberty, Iowa. In 1856 he located in that place and has ever since been identified with its interests. For years he was a member of the board of supervisors. He was a member of the 13th and 14th general assemblies. During the war Governor Kirk wood appointed him one of the commissioners to superintend the drafting of soldiers in Muscatine county. He was for six years a trustee of the hospital for the insane at Mt. Pleasant.