Background
He was the son of John G. Evans (1793–1877) and Mary (Hess) Evans (died 1875).
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of John G. Evans (1793–1877) and Mary (Hess) Evans (died 1875).
He attended the common schools and Fort Plain Seminary.
Then he taught school for some time, and worked on the family farm. In politics, he was a Republican. He was a Justice of the Peacefrom 1866 to 1869.
And Supervisor of the Town of Tyre in 1869, and from 1872 to 1877.
He died on February 24, 1920, at the farm where he was born, located in the Town of Tyre, about four miles south-west of the Village of Savannah. And was buried at the Evans Corner Cemetery in Tyre.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Seneca Company) in 1879 and 1880. He was a member of the New York State Senate (26th Doctorate) in 1882 and 1883.