COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy and KCC NMD Employee Profiles
Record
Employee Name:
John Frank Evans
Profile Number:
EP-01-0025
Primary Job Title:
Welder
Other Job Title:
Blacksmith
Division:
Nevada Northern Railway
Other Division:
Mine
Years Worked:
circa 1920s-1940s
Description:
By 1930 John Evans moved from Oklahoma to Kimberly and took a position as a blacksmith for the mines. By 1940 he transferred to the NNRy to be a welder.
Born:
May 25, 1901
Died:
November 28, 1981
Hometown:
Brush Creek, TN
Burial Place:
Ely City Cemetery, Ely, NV
Personal Biography:
John Evans was born May 25, 1901 to John and Maggie Evans. By 1920 the family had moved from Tennessee to McKey, Oklahoma where John worked on his father's farm. He married Mabel Evans, they had two children, Coleen and Frank.
John Frank Evans
