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About Allen Wardner Evarts
Allen Wardner Evarts
Find A Grave Memoriał ID # 156666865
Allen Wardner Evarts, BA 1869.
Born: December 10,1848, in New York City, New York
Died: May 30, 1939, in Charemont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Father, William Maxwell Evarts, BA 1837, member law firm Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, New York City Mother, Helen Minerva (Wardner) Evarts.
Yale Relatives Include: Jonathan Todd (BA 1732) (great-great-uncle), Timothy Todd (BA. 1747) (great-great-grandfather), Roger Sherman (MA Hon. 1768) (great-grandfather), Isaac Sherman (BA 1770), William Sherman (BA 1770), Simeon Baldwin (BA 1781), Roger Sherman (BA 1787), Jeremiah Day (BA 1795) and Oliver Sherman (BA 1795) (great-great-uncles), Jeremiah Evarts (BA 1802) (grandfather), Charles Butler Evarts, ex-66, William Evarts, ex-71, Sherman Evarts, ‘81 and Maxwell Evarts, '84 (brothers), David Greene (BA 1821) and John J Evarts (BA 1832) (uncles), Jeremiah Evarts Tracy,'57L, and Roger Sherman Tracy, '62 (cousins), Roger Sherman Evarts, '17, Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts, '17, Effingham Cox Evarts, '19, Prescott Evarts, '23, and John Evarts, '30 (nephews)
Prepared in New York City under Rev Benjamin W Dwight Class baseball club Sophomore year, University Baseball scorekeeper Senior year; member Glyuna Boat Club, Linonia, Delta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Spade and Grave.
Studied law in his father's office 1869-70; attended Columbia University School of Law 1870-71; MA Yale 1872; admitted to bar 1873; had engaged in practice of law in New York City since 1873 (member firm Evarts, Southmayd & Choate 1874-84 and Evarts, Choate & Beaman 1884-1902, senior member Evarts, Tracy [Jeremiah Evarts, '57 L] & Sherman [Thomas Townsend, '74] 1902-08, Evarts, Choate & Sherman 1908-19, Evarts, Choate, Sherman & Leon 1919-34, and Evarts, Choate, Curtin & Leon 1934-39), had not been actively engaged in practice since 1931; president Garden City Company 1902-30, trustee Vassar College 1889-1931; chairman '68 Class Committee and acting secretary of Class for many years, honorary member Wolf's Head, member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Bar Association of Nassau County, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, New England Society in the City of New York, Century Association (61 years), New York Historical Society, Groher and Elizabethan clubs, New York Zoological Society, American Museum of Natural History, and Metropolitan Museum of Art
Unmarried
Death due to acute enteritis Buried in Ascutney Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont
Survived by a sister, Mrs. Edward Clifford Perkins of Windsor, Vermont.
NOTE: Evarts supported the founding of the Wolf's Head Society at Yale, was made an honorary member and served as the first President of their Alumni Association. His father and brothers Maxwell and Sherman were Skull and Bones.
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Allen Wardner Evarts's Timeline
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December 10, 1848
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New York City, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1939 |
May 30, 1939
Age 90
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Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States
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Ascutney Cemetery, Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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