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	John V. Evans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Victor Evans (born January 18, 1925) was governor of the U.S. state of Idaho from 1977 until 1987.
		Evans was elected Lieutenant Governor of Idaho in 1974.
		Evans finished Andrus' term and was elected governor in his own right in 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_V._Evans (271 words)

	John Evans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Evans (bishop), Bishop of Bangor from 1701 to 1715, later Bishop of Meath.
		John Evans (footballer), footballer with Liverpool F.C. John Evans (governor) (1814–1897), governor of Colorado Territory.
		John Evan, Jethro Tull keyboardist (born John Evans)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Evans (155 words)

	Marion County, SC Biographies
		John Gary Evans, born October 15, 1863 in Cokesbury, SC, was the son of Gen. Nathan George Evans and Anne Victoria Gary, the grandson of Hon.
		Thomas Evans and Jane Beverly Daniel, the great-grandson of Gen. Nathan Evans II and Edith Godbold, and the great-great grandson of Nathan Evans I and Ruth James of Marion County, South Carolina.
		John Gary Evans was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1894 at the age of 31, thus becoming the youngest ever to be elected to the office.
	sciway3.net /proctor/marion/biog/evans_jg.html (405 words)

	George W. Bush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As one of the most popular governors in the nation, Bush was seen in the media and the Republican Party as a strong potential contender for the U.S. presidential election in 2000.
		On euthanasia, Bush remains staunchly opposed to the procedure, and supported Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to file suit against the voter-approved Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which was ultimately decided by the United States Supreme Court in favor of the Oregon law.
		However, as governor of Texas, Bush signed a law which gave hospitals the authority to take terminally ill patients off of life support against the wishes of their spouse or parents, if the doctors deemed it medically appropriate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_W._Bush (7645 words)

	Edgefield's Ten Governors
		John C. Sheppard (1886), born in upper Edgefield County, began his political career at the age of 26, later becoming speaker of the famed "Wallace House".
		John Gary Evans (1894-1897) immediately succeeded Tillman as Governor; the nephew of Gen. Martin Witherspoon Gary, "Bald Eagle of the Confederacy", whose home and estate were given to Edgefield by Gov. Evans as a shrine.
		Evans was admitted to the bar in Augusta in 1885, and established his practice in Aiken the following year.
	www.edgefieldsc.net /tengovernors.htm (1250 words)

	John Gary Evans Papers (1793-1940) - Manuscripts Division - South Caroliniana Library - University Libraries - USC
		John Gary Evans was born to Nathan George Evans and Ann Victoria Gary Evans in Abbeville, South Carolina, on October 15th.
		John Gary Evans was born on October 15, 1863, in Cokesbury in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
		Evans had served only half of his senatorial term when he won the South Carolina gubernatorial election in 1894; at the time, he was the youngest governor South Carolina had ever elected.
	www.sc.edu /library/socar/mnscrpts/evansjg.html (2829 words)

	Delaware Chapter XII
		Governor Evans then went to New Castle and held a conference with the most prominent citizens, and it was arranged that the lower counties should elect members for an Assembly, to meet the Governor at Philadelphia in April, 1704.
		Governor Evans was much irritated at his failure to unite the province and territories, and gave vent to his petty spite against the former, who had been the last to object, by continually interposing obstacles to prevent any facility of action by their Assembly.
		Governor Evans responded that he had not the least doubt as to the validity of his commission, but as his office was so soon to devolve on another, he would not take the time to vindicate it.
	www.accessible.com /amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware12.htm (16388 words)

	Denver History - Rail City
		Governor Gilpin’s rhetoric not withstanding, Denver lay in the middle of nowhere, 600 miles from "the states" and the nearest sizeable city.
		Evans, who was born to a Quaker family on an Ohio farm in 1814, gravitated to the Ohio Valley boom town of Cincinnati.
		Evans, wondered why the wealthy and respected Dr. Evans left the comforts of Chicago for the Colorado wilderness where he found Denver "really the only tolerable place." Certainly Evans, who had assets of $1.3 million according to the 1870 census, did not come west for the salary of $2,500 a year as territorial governor.
	www.denvergov.org /AboutDenver/history_narrative_3.asp (3895 words)

	Col. John Evans
		Evans fired back a reply saying, in essence, that he did indeed give rifles and ammunition to civilians because, since the state would not give him the men and supplies to protect the settlers himself, he had to give the settlers the means of self-defense.
		John Evans died on May 18, 1833, at the age of 96.
		Enoch Evans was born to John and Rebecca on April 23, 1773, in Monongalia County, WV and married Amelia Jenkins.
	home.houston.rr.com /rdtravis/evans.htm (2691 words)

	Colorado Governor John Evans
		John Evans, the second governor of the Colorado Territory from 1862-1865, was born in Waynesville, Ohio, on March 9, 1814.
		Evans also researched the cholera epidemic of 1848 and 1849 which was instrumental in developing congressional quarantine laws to prevent the spread of this disease.
		With Governor Evans on the bandwagon, federal legislation was passed that created the Union Pacific Railroad Company; yet this legislation did not become the catalyst for rail construction its supporters hoped it would be.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/govs/evans.html (939 words)

	John Evans
		Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b.
		Evans served (1862–65) as governor of Colorado Territory and later worked for the promotion of what is now the Univ. of Denver.
		Sir John Evans - Evans, Sir John, 1823–1908, English archaeologist, geologist, and numismatist.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0817947.html (168 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Evans, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		EVANS, JOHN [Evans, John] 1814-97, American founder of educational institutions, b.
		Evans served (1862-65) as governor of Colorado Territory and later worked for the promotion of what is now the Univ. of Denver.
		Darwin among the archaeologists: the John Evans nexus and the Borneo Caves.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/Evans-J1o.asp (258 words)

	JOHN EVANS
		Evans told them “so far, you have had the advantage but my time is just coming.” He implied that there was great danger of one of the peaceful camps being attacked by soldiers.
		Governor Evans left for a Washington visit in November and Colonel Chivington and his men attacked a Cheyenne Indian camp at Sand Creek at dawn on November 29, 1864.
		Evans was a major financier of railroads and saw Denver as the future hub of the railroad industry.
	www.gilpincountynews.com /20050901/john_evans.htm (1245 words)

	Evans Area Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Evans, Colorado, was named in honor of Colorado’s second territorial governor, John Evans.
		John Evans was a physician, real estate investor, founder of universities, railroad builder, and politician.
		Evans’ population continues to increase, which the Census Bureau identified at 9,514 in 2000 to 14,700 in 2002.
	www.cityofevans.org /chamber/history.cfm (422 words)

	Welcome to the South Carolina Governor's Mansion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		By 1897 Governor John Gary Evans, the youngest Governor on record, witnessed the installation of porcelain bathtubs and toilets.
		Governor Byrnes gave the piano to her as a birthday gift while in office.
		There was sadness upon the death of Governor Joseph Harley, the only Governor to pass away in the Mansion and be laid in state there.
	www.scgovernorsmansion.org /scgovernorsmansion/history.htm (1171 words)

	John Evans WTVT Tallahassee Bureau
		Evans was assigned to a separate bureau the paper maintained to cover news around the Gulf Beaches.
		Evans was the first field information officer in the history of the Service, which had at the time only one other person in communications, author Rachel Carson, who was busy writing Silent Spring.
		In the late 50's, Evans was hired by WTVT as Pinellas County bureau chief, and not long before the arrival of news director/anchor Crawford Rice, was offered an opportunity to create a bureau at Florida's state capital.
	www.big13.net /john_evans_wtvt_tallahassee_bure.htm (1508 words)

	About John Evans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Evans, the principal founder of Northwestern University, also distinguished himself as a physician, railroad builder, urban developer, religious leader, and territorial governor.
		Evans was equally influential in the civic and religious communities.
		Although Dr. Evans became territorial governor of Colorado at the request of President Lincoln, he remained president of the board of trustees until 1894 and the University's chief benefactor until his death in 1897.
	www.alumni.northwestern.edu /evans/evansbio.html (422 words)

	Gov. John Evans
		He was of Welsh origin, and in February 1704, became deputy governor of the province, under the proprietor, William Penn. He was not a Quaker, and was doubtless selected out of deference to the court party, who did not believe in the peace principles of that sect.
		The call met with no response, whereupon the governor, resorting to a discreditable ruse, arranged to have a messenger ride into Philadelphia on the day of the annual fair, announcing, with apparent consternation that the French had arrived in the Delaware and were marching on the City.
		Evans had a good deal of learning and refinement, but his habits were unsuited to the Quaker City.
	www.famousamericans.net /govjohnevans (427 words)

	Inventory & Samples from the Governor John Evans Collection (1833 - 1885)
		John Evans to Hannah Canby re: Courtship and Marriage Proposal
		John Evans to Congress re: "Reply of Governor Evans of the Territory of Colorado…Massacre of the Cheyenne Indians"
		John Evans to General Assembly of Colorado re: Memorial praying for the passage of SB 1 and HB 19 in relation to railroad construction and operation
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/evans/per.htm (1907 words)

	Native American Atrocities - Colonel John M. Chivington
		John M. Chivington was born in 1821 in Lebanon, Ohio to a farming family.
		The most divisive issue during the Governor John Evans administration was what has been termed the "Sand Creek Massacre." By 1864 the Plains Indians had virtually shut down most of Colorado's overland trails, attacked travelers, and frightened the new settlers.
		John Chivington is buried in the Fairmont Cemetery in Denver, Colorado
	www.lastoftheindependents.com /chivington.html (1975 words)

	Introduction to Mt. Evans
		Named for the second governor of the Colorado, John Evans, who served from 1862 to 1865.
		The Mount Evans auto road was proposed by Denver's Mayor Speer in1910.
		Evans was made to be a tourist spot for those vacationing in the Denver area.
	www.munyon.net /mtevans/intro.html (355 words)

	Native American Atrocities - The Sand Creek Massacre
		Governor John Evans of Colorado Territory sought to open up the Cheyenne and Arapaho hunting grounds to white development.
		Evans used isolated incidents of violence as a pretext to order troops into the field under the ambitious, Indian-hating territory military commander Colonel Chivington.
		Evans and Chivington reinforced their militia, raising the Third Colorado Calvary of short-term volunteers who referred to themselves as "Hundred Dazers".
	www.lastoftheindependents.com /sandcreek.htm (806 words)

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		The new owners added on to the house in 1900 to make room for John Evans' widow, Margaret, and her daughter, Anne.
		The Evans children, who went to school at the now-vacant Evans school two blocks south, had to have Pinkerton guards.
		John's wife, the first Margaret, lost a 5-year-old child to scarlet fever in July 1862, shortly before she left Evanston, Ill., for Denver.
	www.plethora.net /~linsee/columns/columns2001/20010218.html (692 words)

	The Real Villains of Sand Creek
		Colonel John Chivington and Colorado Territorial Governor John Evans are usually portrayed as the men who brought on the 1864 massacre.
		John Smith acted as the Indian trader and was considered a partner in the business.
		He was attracted to the cause of John Brown and the Free-Soilers, and on one occasion went into a jail and broke free a man accused of stealing slaves.
	historynet.com /we/blsandcreekvillians (1336 words)

	ANNE EVANS
		Evans made arrangements to donate the Opera House to the University of Denver and became chairman of the Central City Opera House Association beginning in 1931.
		Anne Evans also served on the Denver planning commission and was typically a determining factor in improving public planning.
		The memorial observation point offers a spectacular view of Mt. Evans (named for her father, John Evans) and was dedicated on July 4th of that year.
	www.gilpincountynews.com /20050915/anne_evans.htm (541 words)

	Descendants of Ievan known as Evan Robert Lewis
		John ap Evan, it is stated, had several children, and one account says that two of them were William John, of Gwynedd (the purchaser, with Thomas Evans, of the township), and Griffith John, of Merion, (who d.
		The Robert ap Hugh (married Sarah Evans) and Evan ap Hugh who settled near the present borough of North Wales are the sons of Griffith ap Hugh.
		Evan ap Evan was the father of the four brothers who came to Gwynedd in 1698 (and of Sarah, their sister, who came with them and m.
	www.gwyneddfriends.org /evans.htm (5125 words)

	Battle of Little Bighorn
		Whether Evans was an overly suspicious man who saw vile plots or grasped a drastic situation and made use of it can only be guessed at.
		Evans, in 1864, used this situation to back his belief that the Indians in his area were plotting war on the whites.
		Governor Evans also had considerable Washington political aspirations - to emerge as the man who subdued the Indians and saved the Colorado settlers from massacre would certainly enhance his campaign.
	www.suite101.com /lesson.cfm/17638/1146/3?l=5 (742 words)

	The John Evans Alumni Center
		The John Evans Alumni Center serves as the home for the Northwestern Alumni Association, constituent organizations and alumni visiting Northwestern.
		John Evans, for whom the Center and the city of Evanston are named, was one of the nine founders of Northwestern.
		A marble bust of Dr. Evans, displayed in the center's living room, was presented to the University in 1893.
	www.nualumni.com /about/jec.html (406 words)

	MS 2503: Essay on H. Clay Evans' 1894 Run for Governor of Tennessee, n.d.
		Evans became president of the school board and school commissioner, and then in 1873 he was elected city alderman and served as mayor (1881-83).
		Evans served as commissioner of pensions (1897) and as U.S. consul general in London (1902-1905).
		It mentions his opponent Walter Brownlow and Evans’ asking that soldiers from the Civil War not be allowed to vote in the election for the republican nomination.
	www.lib.utk.edu /spcoll/manuscripts/ms2503fa.html (451 words)

	Chief Black Kettle
		Finally, Territorial Governor, John Evans called for a military militia to end the Indian problem.
		Governor Evans further issued orders to all Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians to lay down their arms, release their hostages, and return to the lands as set forth in the Treaty of 1861.
		Governor Evans issued a general proclamation dispatched to the Indian camps by messengers, ordering all peaceful Indians to assemble at Fort Lyon.
	www.manataka.org /page161.html (1975 words)

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