Senator William Thomas Evans View All Years

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William Thomas Evans

Butler County

WILLIAM T. EVANS, attorney, legislator and judge, died June 5, 1961, at Cedar Falls, Iowa; born on a farm near Cedar Falls, Iowa, November 8, 1869, the son of John O. and Rebecca Evans; attended country school and graduated from East Waterloo high school; received his Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the State University of Iowa in 1896 and his law degree in 1897; owned and published the Vidette-Reporter, the University newspaper, during 1895 and 1896; began practice of law in Parkersburg, Iowa, in 1897; married at Independence, Iowa, June 25, 1902, to Lela Phelps, who with an infant daughter preceded him in death; served as county attorney in Butler County 1905-1906, as state senator in the 37th and 38th Iowa General Assemblies 1917-1919 and as District Judge of the 10th District 1944-1951; member of County and State Bar Associations, Masonic and Elk Lodges, Knights of Pythias, and the Presbyterian church; the town of Evansdale named for him when founded; survived by a son, William of Waterloo, and three grandchildren.

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