Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

William EVANS, foreman roll-turning department, Joliet; was born in England June 20, 
1841; his family emigrated to America in 1846, and settled in Pennsylvania; here his 
father engaged in iron-mining, and in the mining districts William passed his youth 
and early manhood; in 1862, he went to his trade in Danville, Penn., working five years 
under the instruction of Charles D. HUNT; in 1870, he came to Chicago, and was employed 
in the roll-turning department in the North Chicago Rolling-Mills; here he remained one 
year; in June, 1871, he came to Joliet, and entered the employ of the Joliet Iron and 
Steel Co. here he has since resided, excepting a residence of about six months in 
Springfield in 1873, when these works shut down. He was married in December, 1864, 
to Mary E. PROPST, a native of Pennsylvania; has one child living - William D.; three 
died - Phillip D., and two in infancy.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.