Evesmith, Hansen, 1867-1944.

Evesmith was born on December 6, 1867 in Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, provinces which were annexed to Prussia in 1866. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1869. Evesmith graduated from Swenberg Institute (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Begining his engineering career with the Manistee and North Eastern Railroad, which he left in 1891. He was subsequently employed by the Duluth Gas and Water Company (1892). From 1892 to 1894 he held the position of assistant treasurer of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway; following which he was cashier and director of the Iron Exchange Bank of Duluth (1894-1895). From 1895 to 1903 he was associated with a number of railroad, lumber, mining, and construction companies in northeastern Minnesota and the Mesabi Iron Range, and was associated with many prominent Duluth and Iron Range officials and leaders. He was also active in a number of Duluth civic organizations, including the chamber of commerce, the charter commission, and the commercial club.

He married Cecelia Wilson (1891) and died in Fargo, North Dakota (March 7, 1944). More biographical information is available in the first folder of the collection.

From the guide to the Hansen Evesmith papers., 1906-1944., (Minnesota Historical Society)