| Merchant, banker, broker; born Hertford County, N.C., March 2, 1858; son of James A and Harriet B. (Pierce) Evans; received academic education, Harrillsville, Hertford County, N.C.; married, Chowan County, N.C., Feb. 1880, Delia A. Cofield; five children. Established business Nov., 1884 on Roanoke Island, N.C.; president Bank of Manteo; secretary and treasurer Evans., Meekins & Griffin Co. Chairman Board of Education of Dare County, N.C. Democrat: Methodist (trustee Mount Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church). Address: Manteo. |