Born in LaSalle, Illinois, his siblings included Frederic Dahl Evans.

Evans attended the public schools and was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1882.

He was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice at Chicago, Illinois.

He resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois, until his death there on May 6, 1926.

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