Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Evers, Boyd 1848 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

BOYD EVERS

[photo] Home of Boyd Evers

THE Evers home, four miles northwest of the court house in Great Bend is one of
the most inviting in the county. The grass plot in front of the house, the trees
and plants growing in the yard and the paint on the house and other buildings
harmonize so well that it is a relief to the eye as one approaches this model
home. Much taste is displayed within the Evers home. Mr. Evers is a successful
farmer and his wife is a model housekeeper. The order and harmony extend to all
parts of the farm. The fence rows are guiltless of weeds and the ground is free
from litter and idle farm machinery. This seems to be a place with room for
everything and everthing in its place. The soil which is naturally quite rich
has been properly fertilized and cultivated and is in splendid condition after
twenty-seven years of continuous cultivation. It was in March, 1884, that Mr.
Evers homesteaded the eighty acres where his home place is located. It has been
seven years since he purchased 160 additional acres at a price of $3,500. He
bought this land on credit and paid for it with the crops he raised in the
following three years. The price of land has advanced so rapidly during this
time that this quarter could be sold at any time for $16,000. This price has
been refused by Mr. Evers because he could not get another quarter equally as
good for that money. This is the story that is true of many quarters in that
neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Evers are both natives of Indiana, having been born,
reared, educated and married in or near Rockville in that state. This probably
accounts for their success in Kansas, because a Hoosier is not to be outdone no
matter where he may be transplanted. They are the parents of five children. Otis
married Miss Maud Barker; Kirby Evers who married Miss Lillie Essmiller; Alice
is now the wife of Frank Westman and Mabel who resides at home. It will be seen
from this that all the children are residing in this county.


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