Just added a photo of Marcus Gaston Evans to our Myfamily site along with the accompanying essay. I'll include just the "essay" here: The following comes from "Representative men of Ohio, 1900-1903" By James Kazerta Mercer, Edward K. Rife Hon. Marcus G. Evans. The subject of this sketch was born in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, and educated in the common schools of that village. His ancestors on his paternal side were early pioneers, and settled in Highland County, Ohio, before the admission of the State into the Union. On his maternal side Mr. Evans is of Huguenot descent and his ancestors were closely connected with the early history of the Nation, some of whom were soldiers and fought for the Colonies in the war of the American Revolution. Marcus G. Evans is the son of Dr. John Baxter Evans and Lucinda (Wilson) Evans, and is the youngest of five children. After his course in the village school, Mr. Evans entered the South Salem Academy, where he remained one year. He then entered Miami University, where he studied a year, and, on account of Miami closing temporarily, Mr. Evans matriculated' at the University of Wooster, and there graduated in the Classical Course in 1877. The succeeding year he was principal of the Union schools at his native town of Frankfort. In addition to his duties as teacher, he studied law under the preceptorage of his brother William Edgar Evans, (afterwards Judge of the Court of Common Pleas), and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1879. He at once began the practice of law at Chillicothe and in 1885 was elected on the Republican ticket prosecuting attorney of Ross County, and re-elected in 1888. In 1892 Mr. Evans was married to Miss Stella Margaret Nelson of Columbus, at which time, with a view to seeking a wider field for his work, he moved to Columbus and began the practice of his profession. In 1893 Mr. Evans was invited to, and did, deliver a course of lectures on commercial law to the Senior Class of the law department of the Ohio State University. In the years 1895-96 he was appointed by the Supreme Court on the commission to examine applicants for admission to the bar. In 1897 Mr. Evans was appointed as one of the Republican members of the Board of Elections of the City of Columbus, and served until February 1902, when he resigned. He was president of the board for nearly three years immediately proceeding the time of his retirement. He resigned from the Board in order to become a candidate for Common Pleas Judge. He was elected Common Pleas Judge on the Republican Ticket in this (Columbus) the third subdivision of the Fifth Judicial District at the November election, 1902, and will assume the duties of this office on the first Monday of May, 1903. Mr. Evans has always been a conscientious and active working Republican. His active political work began in the Garfield Campaign in 1880. During this campaign he devoted most of his time in the councils of his party and on the stump in southern Ohio. He was ardent in the work of The Ohio Republican League Clubs and served as a representative of his district in the directory of the organization in the years 1890-91. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have had born to them four children, the eldest of whom died in infancy. The three remaining are James Baxter Evans, aged seven years, Morton Nelson Evans, aged four years, and Richard Harrison Evans, aged two years. Mr. Evans, in his fraternal relations, is a member of the masonic fraternity, a member of Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T. of Columbus, and of the Columbus Lodge of Elks.”