Biography

06/22/1805 - 02/05/1879

John Clarkson Evans (D5) Berks County 1856-1857 (D6) Berks County 1858

Early Life:

John Clarkson Evans, born June 22, 1805, Church Town, Conestoga Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Margaret Jones Evans; minimal rural education; engaged, farming, Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, Berks County; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1844; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1852; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1856-1858; married, Ann Jones Evans, children, David J. Evans, Clara E. Evans Bard, Eliza Douglass Evans, Nathan Evans, Anna Jane Evans, Sallie Evans, George Evans; died, February 5, 1879 (aged 73); interment, Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

After his father’s death, widowed, mother moved the family, Reading, Berks County. Farmer.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Masonic fraternity.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1844. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1852.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Berks County, 1856-1857.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Berks County, 1858.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

John Clarkson Evans (1805-1879) - Find a Grave Memorial