NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11241 BELL CO – WILLIAM KENNETH EVANS, M.D. – Evans, Fuson, Schauman, Edwards #11241 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Bell Co. WILLIAM KENNETH EVANS, M. D. The record of Dr. William Kenneth Evans is a story of continuous progress that has placed him with the foremost physicians and surgeons of eastern Kentucky and he is also numbered among the large coal operators of this section of the state. He was born October 21, 1879, in Pineville, Bell county, Kentucky, and his parents were Shelton and Mary (Fuson) Evans. He attended the public schools of his native town and his higher education was received in the Hospital College of Medicine, now the University of Louisville. He was graduated with the class of 1902 and returned to Pineville, where he followed his profession for a year. He was physician and surgeon for the Virginia & Southwestern Railroad during 1903-4 and for four years thereafter was the professional representative of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at Corbin, Kentucky. He has maintained an office in Middlesboro, Kentucky, since 1908 and in 1910 established the first hospital in the town. He successfully conducted the institution until 1920, when it was sold. He has a large practice and is district surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Dr. Evans supervises the work of forty-eight physicians and his jurisdiction extends throughout the Cumberland Valley division and a portion of the Kentucky division. He is one of sixteen district surgeons who are connected with the system and his professional standing is denoted by his selection for this important post by one of the great transportation lines of the country. Dr. Evans is devoted to the interests intrusted to his charge and his services have been of marked value to the corporation. He is learned in the science of his profession and belongs to the Bell County and Kentucky State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. He is a man of more than one talent and as vice president of the Reliance Coal & Coke Company of Hartrauft, Tennessee, and president of the Long Branch and Sugar Branch Coal Companies of Middlesboro, Kentucky, displays the administrative power, the mental alertness and keen sagacity of the capable executive. Dr. Evans was married February 2, 1904, to Miss Bessie Edwards, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Shauman) Edwards, of Pineville, Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Evans have a family of four children: William Kenneth, Jr., who was born October 20, 1906; Mary Hilyer, born July 3, 1910; Louise, born April 4, 1913; and Kenton Edward, born September 20, 1920. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx