BIO: David Evans, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 318.
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  Evans, David, was born on July 11, 1867, in Llanidloes, 
Montgomeryshire, Wales. He lived in Wales until he was fifteen years of 
age, when he came to America, and took up his residence in Plymouth, 
Pa. He received his education in the schools of his native town. A 
number of years after coming to this country, and until entering the 
ministry, he was employed at mining. In 1882 he was converted in a 
series of revival meetings held in Plymouth by the Salvation Army. 
Subsequently he entered the Salvation Army and devoted about four years 
of his life to the Army work. He was advanced until he became 
superintendent of the Army work in northeastern Pennsylvania, and 
finally had charge or work in the West, having about one hundred and 
eighty workers under him.
  On December 24, 1887, he married Miss Mary Reed, of Scranton, Pa. In 
the fall of 1888 her health failed, and it was deemed wise to return 
East. During 1889 Mrs. Evans acted as church missionary for Simpson 
Church, in Scranton, Pa. During this year her husband joined Simpson 
Church, and soon afterward received local preacher's license.
  After supplying Falls part of one year and Narrowsburg three years he 
was admitted into Wyoming Conference in 1893.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1893-94, Narrowsburg; 1895-96, 
Uniondale; 1897-1902, Sterling; 1903, Dallas.