Montgomery Evans

Lawyer and banker; born in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pa., Nov. 18, 1853; son of Thomas Brooke Evans and Mary A. (Schwenk) Evans. He was graduated from Lafayette College, as valedictorian in 1875. He married in Norristown, Pa., Nov. 30, 1888, Cara Grier Ralston, and they have two children: Dorothy Larrimore and Montgomery. He was principal of schools of Montrose, from 1875 to 1877; admitted to the bar of Montgomery County, Pa., in November, 1878, and in active practice since. He is president and trust officer of the Norristown Trust Company, president of the Norristown Insurance and Water Company, Bridgeport Water Company; secretary and treasurer of the Norristown Steam Heat Company, and director of the Norristown Gas Company. He is a Democrat in politics, and a Presbyterian in religious views. He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, also a member of the Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia. Residence: 900 De Kalb Street, Norristown. Business 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. 245.

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