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David Ellicott Evans was associated with the Holland Land Company, with which WHS worked in the late 1830s. David Ellicott Evans is known for the town of Evans, NY in Erie Co. He was born in 1788 and died in 1850. "US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1827. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. "

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David Ellicott Evans was associated with the Holland Land Company, with which WHS worked in the late 1830s. David Ellicott Evans is known for the town of Evans, NY in Erie Co. He was born in 1788 and died in 1850. "US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1827. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. "
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David Ellicot Evans was a Representative from New York; born in Ellicotts Upper Mills, Md., March 19, 1788; attended the common schools; moved to New York in 1803 and settled in Batavia; employed as a clerk and afterward as an accounting clerk with the Holland Land Co.; member of the State senate 1819-1822; member of the council of appointment in 1820 and 1821; elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation May 2, 1827, before the assembling of Congress; appointed resident agent of the Holland Land Co., in 1827 and served until his resignation in 1837; also engaged in banking; delegate to the convention held at Albany, N.Y., in 1827 to advocate a protective tariff; retired from active business pursuits in 1837 to devote his attention to his extensive land interests; died in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., May 17, 1850; interment in Batavia Cemetery.
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