H. D. Evans was born in Marion county, this state, September 30, 1866,
the son of O. F. Evans, Police Magistrate, and a native of this county. The
mother of Mr. Evans was Lucy J. Tingle, a native of Kentucky, who came here
in 1850. The subject's parents are still living in 1908. They became the
parents of nine children, four sons and five daughters.
H. D. Evans
attended school in Salem, remaining under his parental roof until he was
twenty-two years old. He then went to Topeka, Kansas, in 1888, and learned
the carpenter's trade, at which he worked twelve or fourteen years,
remaining in Topeka three years. He finally returned to Salem and worked at
his trade for two years, when he went near Terre Haute and continued at this
trade, and was there married to Nannie Maddock, the daughter of William
Maddock, of Atherton, Indiana, on March 7, 1894. Two interesting and winsome
children have been born to the subject and wife, as follows: Gladys Marie,
whose date of birth occurred June 24, 1895, and Gretchen Irene, who first
saw the light of day on August 19, 1899.
After his marriage Mr. Evans
came to Salem. Moving on a farm, he remained there one and one-half years,
when he moved to Salem and engaged in contracting and the lumber business
for four years, after which he went on the road for two and one-half years,
selling paints and varnishes. He is now a member of the drug firm of Evans &
Harmon, which owns stores at Iuka, Illinois, and Moorhouse, Missouri.
Mr. Evans is a wide awake, energetic business man of sound judgment and
modern business principles, and he has always succeeded at whatever he
undertook. He faithfully served the city of Salem as Alderman several years
ago. He is a Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his
wife are members of the Christian church, and are well and favorably known
to a host of friends in this community.
Extracted 07 Jul 2017 by Norma Hass from 1909 Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, page 54.