Amanda J. Evans, M. D. a popular lady practitioner of the homeopathic school of medicine, at No. 102 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich., is a native of Indiana, was born near White Pigeon, and was an infant when brought to Michigan by her parents, William and Elizabeth Colby, natives, respectively, of New York City and New Winchester, Va., and both of English extraction. Her father, who was born in 1822, died in Barry county, Mich., at the age of sixty-six years, and the mother, who was born in 1834, died July 28,. 1899. Their four living children are Dr. Amanda J., Delos, Albert and Rebecca, all highly intelligent and respected members of society.

Dr. Amanda J. Evans early secured a liberal education, was fully prepared for teaching school, and followed this vocation about eight years prior to her marriage, at Middleville, Barry county, Mich., in 1864, to Patrick Henry Evans, a native of Ireland, but of Welsh descent, and who was brought to America by his parents when he was but three years old. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Evans were born a son and daughter, the elder of whom, Charles, was called away at the age of one year, and the younger, Florence, now a bright and attractive young lady, still resides with her mother.

Dr. Evans became a student of medicine while yet a school-teacher, nature having implanted in her mental constitution an element which could not be satisfied until fructification had resulted. At intervals during her school teaching career, when opportunity offered after school hours and during vacations, she was a constant and assiduous reader of works on anatomy, physiology and kindred studies, while chemistry as applied to medicine was also an enticing feature in her course of reading, and medical journals were her delight, as far as serial publications are concerned. Finally, thus inspired, she entered upon a systematic course of study in medicine and surgery under private tutors, capable of fully preparing her for higher education in the science to which she had determined to devote her life energies. As a result of this preparation, she entered the university of Michigan in 1877, there completed a course of three years’ medical education, and was a awarded the degree of M. D. in June, 1880.

After graduation, Dr. Evans returned to her home in Middleville, where she built up a remunerative practice and remained until the spring of 1889, when she sought the wider field of Grand Rapids. Here, although she gives considerable attention to general practice, her services have mostly, and, indeed, largely, been in demand for the treatment of diseases of woman and children, and of chronic disorders, in all of which she has attained celebrity that is altogether enviable. Her elegantly appointed rooms in the Tracy block are at all times thronged with patients, and she is here assisted by her daughter in receiving and entertaining them, and in rendering assistance in treating them, with that invaluable adjunct of medical science-electricity. The practice of Dr. Evans, however, is not altogether confined to the city of Grand Rapids, as her reputation has extended throughout the surrounding territory, and her name has become a household word.

Dr. Evans is a member of the Michigan State Homeopathic Medical society, and in this society her voice has no small influence but is frequently heard as a factor in its deliberations. As to religious matters, she confines herself to no particular denomination or church organization, but conscientiously does her duty to her fellow-beings and places her trust in God alone. She is a lady of sound judgment, is devoted to her profession, in which she has succeeded beyond her most sanguine hopes, and has been careful of the recompense she has received for her skillful labors. A pleasant conversationalist, she entertains the stranger with the peculiar magnetism attached to that social qualification, and her personal individuality never fails to impress all who come into her presence.