Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County IL, 1878 James E. EVANS, livery and feed stable, Wilmington; born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1853 but moved to Illinois in early childhood with his parents, who located in Will Co. in 1856; removed to Wesley Twp., this county, in 1860; in 1865, he removed to Hamilton Co., Iowa; thence to Chicago in 1872; came to Wilmington, his present home, and engaged in the livery business in May 1877. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.