City: Chattanooga
EVANS, Charles Rountree, attorney; born Lancaster, Wis., April 4, 1863; son Jonathan and Sarah (Kilbourne) EVANS; paternal grandfather Jesse B. EVANS, paternal grandmother Anna (Shingle) EVANS; maternal grandfather John KILBOURNE; maternal grandmother Laura (Gridley) KILBOURNE; Welsh and English descent; graduate of University of Wisconsin A. B. and A. M. 1881-1907; member of K. of P., Elks, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, American Bar Association; City Attorney of Chattanooga 1887-91; County Attorney (Hamilton) 1894-1898; Commissioner of Registration 1894-96; Captain of Company M, Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry, appointed by President McKinley; served at Chickamauga and in Porto Rico; Commander of Provost Grand Army at Chickamauga Fork 1898; 1884 admitted to practice in Circuit and Supreme Courts of Tennessee; Federal courts and United States Court of Appeals; Military Judge of Arecibo, West Indies, 1899; Professor of Law in Law Department University of Chattanooga since 1899 and Dean of law faculty since 1901; occasional contributor of articles published in popular magazines; editor article on “Reformatories” in Cyclopedia Law and Procedure; author of article on “Partnership;” Republican candidate for Presidential Election at Large 1900; nominee of Republican party for Congress 3d district Tenn., 1910.
