Charles Evans

Background

Evans, Charles was born on August 16, 1870 in Salem, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ezra Enoch and Frances Elnora (Dawson) Evans.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Lebanon (O.) University, 1890 (Master of Arts, 1911. Doctor of Laws, Kentucky State University, 1915).

Career

Began teaching at Salem, Kentucky, 1887. Superintendent schools, Marion, Kentucky, 1895-1905, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1905-1911. President Central State Normal School, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1911-1916.

President Kendall College, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1916-1917.

Educational platform and lyceum work, since 1917. Conductor county teachers institutions in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, 1897-1925.

Raised $500,000 in Tulsa, for Kendall College, in 10 days, 1916. President Oklahoma Civic Improvement League, 1912-1916.

Delegate National Purity Congress, Louisville, Kentucky, 1917.

Member State Central Committee Young Men's Christian Association of Oklahoma, 1908-1919. Member State Monument Commission since 1919. Member State Council Defense.

Member of Board of Education, Oklahoma City, 1921-1925 (president 1923-1924).

Director educational extension Oklahoma A. and M. College, 1921-1927. Vice president Metropolitan Building & Loan Association, Oklahoma City.

Professor business and commerce, Westminster College, 1930-1931. Appointed city superintendent of federal relief work, Oklahoma City, 1932.

Appointed director federal emergency relief education, Oklahoma, 1933.

Member Common for Development Golden Jubilee Semi-centennial Exhibition, 1957. Chairman Oklahoma Civil War Centennial Commission, 1958-1960, chairman emeritus. Made member Oklahoma Hall of Fame, 1947.

Executive secretary Oklahoma State History Society, 1944-1954, secretary emeritus for life, 1954.

Founder and editor O.H.S. Newsletter, 1948-1954.

Achievements

• Charles Evans has been listed as a notable educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member State Central Committee Young Men's Christian Association of Oklahoma, 1908-1919. Member State Monument Commission since 1919. Member State Council Defense.

Member of Board of Education, Oklahoma City, 1921-1925 (president 1923-1924).

Member Common for Development Golden Jubilee Semi-centennial Exhibition, 1957. Member National Education Association, Society for Promotion of Science, National Peace League America, State Teachers’ Association of Oklahoma (president 1908).

Mason (Kansas City.C.H., 33°, Knight of the Order of the Thistle).

Connections

Married Martha Ferree Blue, June 23, 1897. Married second, Ethel M. Walker, June 28, 1962. Children: Charles, Edward (deceased).

Father:

Ezra Enoch Evans

Mother:

Frances Elnora (Dawson) Evans

Spouse:

Ethel M. Walker

Spouse:

Martha Ferree Blue

child:

Edward Evans (deceased)

child:

Charles Evans