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Senator Herbert J. Evans was a state senator (1925-1929), orange grower and real eastate and insurance broker. He was born in London where he became a lawyer at the age of 15, leaving to become a bookeeper in Muskogee, Indian Teritory, US. He married Jane Louise Berry; they hada son Edward Arthur and daughter Caroline Margot. The family came to Monrovia on April 15, 2905 and bought an orange grove. H.J. served as a City Trustee off and on between 1908-1916. He was a member of the "Ten Thousand Club", whose purpose was to double the size of the city (in 1914 at 5,250). See John L. Wiley, History of Monrovia, 1927.
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