Montgomery Evans

Evans, Montgomery, Penn and DeKalb Sts., Norristown, Pa.

Banker, lawyer; b. Limerick. Pa., Nov. 18, 1853; s. Thomas Brooke and Mary Ann (Schwenk) Evans; A.B., Lafayette Coll., 1875; Phi Beta Kappa; m. Norristown, Pa., Nov. 30, 1887, Cara Ralston; children: Dorothy L., Montgomery, Jr. Engaged in continuous practice of law since admitted to bar 1878; pres., trust officer and dir. Norristown Trust Co.; pres, and dir. Norristown Insurance and Water Co., Bridgeport Water Co.; dir. Stonev Creek R.R.. Marion Lime and Stone Co., Citizens' Water Co., Phillipsburg. On Legal Committee of Montgomery County Committee of Order of Defense, and all Issues of Liberty Loan Drives. Member Pennsylvania Bankers' Assn, American Bar Association, American Acad. Political and Social Science, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of American Revolution; treas. and trus. Presbytery of Philadelphia North; treas. Montgomery County Law Library; member Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Clubs: Lawyers (Philadelphia); Norristown, Plymouth Country.

Source: John William Leonard. Who's Who in Finance and Banking: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 1920-1922. New York: Who's Who in Finance Inc, p. 219.

Submitted by Nancy.