Dr. Evans of Evansville was elected to the State Legislature in 1853.

The evidence

• “EVANS, physician, EvansviUe; born in Vermont, Feb. 12, 1820; graduated at La Porte Medical College in 1845 and 1846 ; settled at Evansville in 1846, and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1852, was appointed Postmaster at Evansville ; 1853, was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1873. Entered the army in 1862 as Regimental Surgeon for the 13th W.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/30-bios-union.md, PDF p. 859 / book p. 863

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “Dr. Evans was elected to the Wisconsin legislature in 1853 and again in 1873.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/20-medical-history.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 503 / book p. 467

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent