JONATHAN H. EVANS, Platteville; was born near Philadelphia, Penn., Oct. 29, 1830; served an apprenticeship as printer in the office of "The Cumberland Valley Whig", at Shippensburg, Penn.; emigrated with his father to Wisconsin in May, 1846, and settled on a farm in the town of Kendall, La Fayette Co.; attended the Platteville Academy 1851-52, teaching a country school during the winter; in the fall of 1852 entered the store of Samuel Moore as salesman. Married Miss Sarah Kilbourne of Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1855; was elected Register of Deeds of Grant Co., serving two terms, from January, 1857, to January, 1861; was with the Army of the Tennessee during the Rebellion, serving as sutler of the 33d W. V. I. Since 1864 he has been engaged in the mercantile business in Platteville. In 1869, was elected County Supervisor, representing the towns of Hazel Green, Smelser and Platteville; was elected President of the Board of Trustees of the village of Platteville, in 1870, and in 1870-71 represented said village in the County Board of Supervisors; in February, 1872, was appointed by Gov. Washburn member of the Board of Regents of Normal Schools, and successively re-appointed by Gov. Taylor in 1875, by Gov. Smith in 1878 and 1881; was elected Vice President of the Board in 1877, and, upon the death of President Starr in 1879, succeeded to the Presidency, to which position he has since been twice elected. Mr. Evans has devoted some attention to the study of natural science, and has a fine collection of minerals and fossils in the State Normal School at Platteville; is a member of the "Illinois Natural History Society" and the "Wisconsin Humane Society." He is a zealous member of the Masonic Order; was made a Master Mason and member of Melody Lodge at Platteville Feb. 22, 1854; received the Royal Arch degrees in June following, and the degree of Knight Templar at Madison, Wis., February, 1872. The fraternity has honored him with many marks of confidence, as he has served in nearly all the offices of the local orders, and has, at different times, been a delegate to the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter and Grand Commandery of the State. He represented the Royal Arch Masons of Wisconsin in the General Grand Chapter held at Baltimore, Md., in 1871, and at Nashville, Tenn., in 1874; has been continuously for the past fourteen years an officer of the Grand Chapter of the State, and during the years 1874-75 was honored with highest position within the gift of the order by being elected Grand High Priest. He has been for the past six years the accredited Masonic representative to the Royal Arch Masons of Wisconsin from the Masons of Kentucky, South Carolina and New Jersey. As a citizen, Mr. Evans is distinguished as a type of the Christian gentleman who, scrupulously exact in all his dealings, generous to the poor and considerate to the unfortunate, will ever be esteemed in his public capacity, and valued as the conservator of that which is equitable in the private walks of life.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.