sentences:  When Evans enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as a private in July 1829, he listed his trade as a shoemaker.Shortly after enlisting he contracted fever and, on the request of his father, John Evans of Philadelphia, he was discharged as a minor in October 1829.Nine months later, in July 1830, he re-enlisted in the Marine Corps and served until he was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, on 4 March 1836.