North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . kept in touch with the trend of modern thoughtand progress whereby the medical fraternity has come into a broader and more accurateknowledge concerning the laws of health and the treatment of disease. Dr. Evans has been married twice. In Ontario, Canada, at his old home, in 1865, hewedded Miss Louise Kearns, a native of Leeds county and a daughter of Thomas and Louise(Raymond) Kearns, representatives of an old pioneer family of Leeds county. Mrs. Evanspassed away in Minto in 1882 and on the 7th of February, 1885, in Minto, Dr. Eva
North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . kept in touch with the trend of modern thoughtand progress whereby the medical fraternity has come into a broader and more accurateknowledge concerning the laws of health and the treatment of disease. Dr. Evans has been married twice. In Ontario, Canada, at his old home, in 1865, hewedded Miss Louise Kearns, a native of Leeds county and a daughter of Thomas and Louise(Raymond) Kearns, representatives of an old pioneer family of Leeds county. Mrs. Evanspassed away in Minto in 1882 and on the 7th of February, 1885, in Minto, Dr. Evans weddedMiss Carrie Marsh, a daughter of Sidney and Mary (Beardsley) Marsh, representatives ofan old New York family. There are two children of this marriage: Amy Marsh, now prin-cipal of the high school at Minto; and R. Mercer Evans, D. D. S., who is a graduate of theNorthwestern Dental College of Chicago of the class of 1915 and is now practicing inGrafton, North Dakota. Politically Dr. Evans is a republican and has served as mayor of Minto during one half. DR. ROBEKT M. IAANS HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 515 of the period of its existence, lie was elected tlic first county superintendent of schoolsin Walsh county in 1881 and occupied that position for twelve years, during which hedivided the county into school districts and afterward organized the educational system. Atthe time he resigned, in 1892, the county had one hundred and seventeen school districts andthe work of intellectual progress has heen carried steadily forward until Walsh county hasevery reason to be proud of its school system. Since 1SJ2 he has continuously been a valuedmember of the school board of Minto. Iraternally he became a charter mimbir of theIndependent Order of Foresters, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Masonic lodge ofAlinto. He was made a Mason in Brockville, Ontario, in 1808 and he became a chartermember as well of the Eastern Star chapter at iMinto, serving at the present time as itsworthy pat
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