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BISHOP WILLIAM EVANS.

    With various lines of Logan's development pertaining to her
 material, social and
moral progress William Evans has been closely associated. He is now
 engaged in the
manufacture and sale of ice, is identified with agricultural interests
 and is a prominent
representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in
 which he is filling
the office of bishop. He was born in South Wales March 14, 1866, a son
 of Evan and Mary
J. (Davis) Evans. He remained in his native land until he reached the
 age of seventeen
and then crossed the Atlantic to the new world and made his way at once
 westward to Utah,
taking up his abode in Logan. Here he turned his attention to farming,
 in which he is
still engaged, giving his attention to general agricultural pursuits
 and stock raising.
His ranch comprises eighty-seven acres of good land, all of which is
 irrigated and now
under a high state of cultivation, while many accessories and
 improvements of the model
farm have been added thereto. In 1905 he established a plant for the
 manufacture of ice
on Sixth West street, and has since conducted the business, the plant
 having a capacity
of ten tons of artificial ice daily, in addition to which he handles
 natural ice and his
trade in this connection has reached extensive and gratifying
 proportions, his interests
having become one of the important business enterprises of the city.

    In community affairs Mr. Evans has also taken a most active and
 helpful part. He was
a member of the Logan city council for ten years and filled the. office
 of deputy county
assessor from 1915 until 1919, assessing Logan during that period. On
 November 4, 1919,
he was elected city commissioner for a four year term. In the work of
 the church he has
been a recognized leader and in 1907 was appointed to the office of
 bishop. He had been
superintendent of the Sunday school for seven years, had filled the
 office of president
of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for nine years and
 previous to this
filled a mission to Great Britain. In 1914 he made a trip to South
 Wales, accompanied by
his wife, and spent six months in his native land.

    On the 20th of November, 1887, Mr. Evans was married to Miss Emma
 R. Williams, a
daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Watkins) Williams, who were natives of
 Wales. They came to
Utah in 1853, settling in Farmington, where they resided for six years,
 after which they
removed to Logan, being among the first six families to locate in that
 city. The father
engaged in farming throughout his active business career and passed
 away in 1906. To Mr.
and Mrs. Evans have been born twelve children, nine of whom are yet
 living, namely:
William, Jr., Phyllis, Benjamin W., Gwyneth, Virginia and Harold,
 twins, Gladwyn, Alton
and Afton. The family is widely and favorably known in Logan and Mr.
 Evans' position in
public regard is a most enviable one owing to the excellent record
 which he has made as a
churchman, as a business man and as a citizen.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920