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  Evans, Jr., Joshua
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AffiliationJacksonian   
NameJoshua Evans, Jr.
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Paoli, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born January 20, 1777
Died October 02, 1846 (69 years)
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Sep 27, 2015 04:22am
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InfoEVANS, Joshua, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Paoli, Chester County, Pa., January 20, 1777; attended the common schools; hotel keeper and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1820; appointed the first postmaster of Paoli December 9, 1826, and served until February 13, 1830; president of the Tredyffrin Township school board 1836-1846; brigadier general of State militia; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Paoli, Pa., October 2, 1846; interment in the cemetery of the Great Valley Baptist Church, New Centerville, Pa.


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