Lewis M. Childs

Lawyer; born in Norristown, Pa., Aug. 14, 1852; son of Jacob Childs and Lydia (Foss) Childs. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating B.S. in 1872. He married Alice Grace, daughter of Norris Hibberd. After leaving the university he engaged as assistant to his father in the iron business. Soon after he began the study of law in the office of G.R. Fox at Norristown, and was admitted to the bar of Montgomery County in 1876; his early practice was successful, but in 1878 he removed to Philadelphia, as promising a wider field. This enterprise did not prove encouraging, and he returned to Norristown in 1880, where he has continued in the practice of the law and now has a large and profitable business. A number of large interests are under his care, and he has been eminently successful in all classes of legal cases, having handled many such in both civil and criminal law. Address: Norristown, Pa.

Source: John W. Leonard. Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 2nd ed. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1908, p. 142.

Submitted by Nancy.