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Greene E. Evans
1848–1914
United States
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Biography
Greene E. Evans (September 19, 1848 – October 1, 1914) was a porter, groundskeeper, laborer, deputy wharf-master, city councilman, census enumerator, mail agent, teacher, and state legislator in Tennessee. He was born in Tennessee, and enslaved early in his life. He studied at Fisk University in Nashville and lived in Memphis.
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