Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Evans, Hon. Walter H. April 17, 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com January 16, 2011, 9:54 pm Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 660 - 661 Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company The HON. WALTER H. EVANS, judge of the circuit court of the fourth judicial circuit, at Portland, has gained distinction for the high type of service which he has rendered in that capacity and is regarded as one of Multnomah county's representative men. He was born in Harrison county, Indiana, on the 17th day of April, 1870, and is a son of Isaac W. and Mary C. (McRae) Evans, of whom the former was a teacher by profession and both are now deceased. After completing the public and high school courses, Mr. Evans went to Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in the scientific course, from the Northern Indiana Normal School, and in 1905 he graduated from the law school of the University of Oregon. He was admitted to the bar and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Portland. In March, 1908, he was made assistant United States district attorney, serving until December, 1912, when he was elected district attorney of Multnomah county. His record in that office gained for him two reelections and he served continuously until October, 1921, when he was appointed to the bench of the circuit court. He was later elected and is in 1928 a candidate for reelection, to which his able and conscientious service clearly entitles him. On August 11, 1898, Judge Evans was united in marriage to Miss May Ball, of Valparaiso, Indiana, who was at that time director of the art department of the Northern Indiana Normal School. To them have been born three children, namely: Mary C., who is at home, and Lillian Alice are both graduates of the University of Oregon, and the latter is the wife of Floyd Bowles, of Seattle, Washington, also a graduate of that university. The son, Walter H., is attending college. Judge Evans is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he served three and a half years as a clerk in the quartermaster department in Porto Rico. He is a member of Willamette Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M.; Sunnyside Chapter, No. 42, R. A. M.; Oregon Commandery, No. 1, K. T.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. O. E., of which he has been chaplain; and the Woodmen of the World. He belongs to the Multnomah County Bar Association and the Oregon State Bar Association and gives his political support to the republican party. He was the first judge of the Boy Scouts court of honor and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Children's Farm Home of the Oregon Women's Christian Temperance Union at Corvallis. He stands consistently for all that is best in individual and community life, lending his efforts and influence to the promotion of the public welfare, and, because of his splendid record as a jurist, the high type of citizenship which he has exemplified in his life and his sterling personal qualities, he commands to a marked degree the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/evans1343gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb