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Evans, Samuel C., Riverside. Born Fort Wayne, Ind., 1866. Came California 1877. Grad. Univ. of the Pacific, San Jose, 1899. Sone of Samuel C. and Minerva C. (Catlin) Evans. Since 1899 engaged in several real estate and water investments. In 1907 elected first Mayor of Riverside under the city charer; Sept. 1909, elected Pres. California League of Municipalities. Republican; active in state and county politics for ten years. Married, 1893, Mary Southworth, of Stocton, Ca. Buried at the Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside CA