Samuel Sebastian Evans

Civil engineer; born at Paoli, Chester County, Pa., March 14, 1857; son of Samuel W. Evans and Rebecca Entrekin Evans; and he is descended from Robert Evans who settled in Gwyredd Township, Pennsylvania, in 1698. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, entering the sophomore class in 1877. He married, Feb. 9, 1901, Elizabeth H. Miller; they have one son and one daughter. Mr. Evans was aide on the United States Geodetic Survey, in Pennsylvania, 1880-1881; assistant engineer on the Mexican National Railway, 1881-1885: instructor in civil engineering, 1886-1888; assistant engineer, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company; city engineer to Cedartown, Ga., and engineer to the Cedartown Company, 1890-1894; engineer on the Philadelphia and New York ship canal, architectural engineer, etc., 1894-1897; assistant engineer to Nicaragua Canal Commission, 1897-1899; engineer to the Cedartown Company and to the city of Cedartown, Ga., since 1899. He is a member of the Franklin Scientific Society and of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia. Address: 2031 North Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, 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. 246.

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