Background
Evans, Edward Steptoe was born on May 24, 1879 in Thaxtons, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Davis and Mary Elizabeth (Murrell) Evans.
Evans, Edward Steptoe was born on May 24, 1879 in Thaxtons, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Davis and Mary Elizabeth (Murrell) Evans.
Law Student Columbian (now George Washington) University, Washington, District of Columbia, 2½ years. Special course in library science.
In Library of Congress, 1900-1904. Assistant state librarian, Virginia, 1904-1907. Founder, 1915, president and treasurer Evans Products Company, Inc., manufacturers loading material and devices for loading automobiles loading material and devices for loading freight cars, airplanes and trucks, road and rail locomotives and vehicles and other equipment for railroads, battery separators, heating and ventilating units for motor vehicles and airplanes, molded plywood, airplane engine mounts, etc.
President and treasurer Saven Corporation, investments. Farmer, breeder of registered Guernseys.
Served as captain in Quartermaster Corps., United States Army, 1918-1919 inclusive. Fellow American Geographical Society. Member Society Automotive Engineers.
Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Explorers, (New York).
Married Virginia Epes McCormick, April. Children: Edward Steptoe, Robert Beverly.