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War and Our Own Times"; "Star-Gazer's Hand Book"; "How to Teach History." Degrees: A. B., A. M., Ph. D. Married 1889, Hannah E. Smith, Philadelphia; and 1898, Ida S. MacMullen, of Bethlehem, Pa. Address, 2122 Natrona St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
ELVERSON, James:
Proprietor of the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1879; born in England in 1838; moved with parents to Newark, N. J., in 1847; received common school education; became telegraph operator, and had charge of Willard's Hotel office during the Civil War. In 1865 was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Saturday Night, and since 1879 its sole proprietor; established in 1880 Golden Days, a weekly publication. Residence, 2024 Walnut St .; office, The Inquirer, Phila- delphia, Pa.
ELVERSON. James Jr .:
Publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer; born in Philadelphia in 1870; educated in Washington and Philadelphia schools. Married Eleanor Mayo. Member of Union League and various other clubs. Residence. 2028 Walnut St .; office, The Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.
ELWOOD, Robert David:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Seventy-eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry, Oct. 14. 1861; honorably mustered out Nov. 4, 1864; elected Nov. 6, 1895. Address, 963 Liberty St., Pitts- burg, Pa.
EMANUEL, Jonathan Manly:
Passed Assistant Engineer United States Navy; born in England and ap- pointed from Pennsylvania; Third As- sistant Engineer Aug. 25, 1862; Second Assistant Engineer Feb. 28, 1864; First Assistant Engineer, June 6, 1869: Passed Assistant Engineer June 6, 1889; retired April 7. 1891; placed on active list June 10. 1895, to serve in the Spanish-Ameri- can War. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; member of the Naval Order of the United States, Pennsyl- vania Commandery. Address, 1810 North Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
EMERY, James D .:
State Senator, representing the Forty- seventh District of Pennsylvania; born
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in Delaware Township. Mercer County, Pa., Nov. 25, 1859; taught in public schools and academy for several years; was graduated at the Edinboro State Normal School in 1SS0; read law with Judge S. H. Miller; admitted to the bar of Mercer County in 1885, and has prac- ticed law ever since at Mercer, the coun - ty seat. Married in 1883 Evelyn A. Miller, and Belle Nowlen in 1832; was elected District Attorney in 1890, Chairman of the Republican Counuty Committee in: 1893; elected to the Legislature in 1896, and to the State Senate in 1900. Com- piled "A Digest of the Liquor Laws and Decisions of Pennsylvania." published in 1899; is a Director of the National Bank, and President of the Mercer County Trust Company of Mercer. Address, Mer- cer, Pa.
EMERSON, Edward Octavius:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry March 25, 1862; First Lieutenant March 17, 1864; honorably mustered out April 29, 1865; elected Oct. 23, 1901. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
EMLEY, William S .:
President of the Sixth National Bank of Philadelphia. Address. Second and Pine Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
ENDLICH, Gustav A .:
Jurist; born in Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, in 1856; educated in Ger- many, his father having been U. S. Con- sul in Switzerland, and later in Princeton College, where he was graduated in 1875: He studied law in the office of George F. Baer. and after admission to the bar be- came actively engaged in the production of law treatises, dealing with such sub- jects as the "Law of Building Associa- tions." "Commentaries on the Interpre- tation of Statutes," "The Rights and Li- abilities of Married Women in Pennsyl- vania," etc. These have come into wide use as anthorities, especially that upon the "Interpretation of Statutes," and have given their author much prominence in the legal fraternity. They had much to do with his being nominated and elected Judge in 1899; when sworn into office in 1890 he was the youngest Judge upon the bench in Pennsylvania; in 1899 he was again elected. Address, Reading, Pa.
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ENGAARD, Albert Corson:
Chief Engineer in United States Navy; born in Montgomery County, Pa .. July 11. 1837; son of Philip and Margarretta Engard; educated in the public schools of that county; in 1862 appointed Acting Third Assistant Engineer in the United States Navy, and served actively during the entire period of the Civil War; Third Assistant Engineer in 1863; was present at both attacks on Fort Fisher and at its surrender in 1865; promoted to Second Assistant Engineer July 25, 1866; pro- moted to First Assistant Engineer (Lieu- tenant) Jan. 11, 1873; Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Commander) Oct. 3, 1891: promoted to Commander Feb. 7, 189S; re- tired from active service in the United States Navy Feb. 23, 1899. On Sept. 10, 1867, married Emily M. Greeves. daugh- ter of the late Alexander Greeves of Philadelphia, Pa. Member of the Penn- sylvania Commanery of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion. Address. 2131 North Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ENGARD. Harry Stewart:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Chief Engineer Albert C. Engard; elected Oct. 20, 1897. Address. 2131 North Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ENGLAND. Henry C .:
Manufacturing President; born at Swedesboro. N. J., Nov. 17, 1844; after receiving a public school education he engaged as a store clerk in several situ- ations. and in September. 1862. enlisted in the Twenty-fourth New Jersey Regi- ment. being chosen as Third Sergeant of his company, though only eighteen years old. He was present at the great battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. in which he showed great courage. After being mustered out at the end of his term of service he became a salesman for the Biddle Hardware Company of Philadel- phia, remaining in this position for eight years: his ability brought him in 1872 the post of manager of the sales department. when he removed to Reading, Pa .. where the manufacturing plant was situated. His zeal in the company's interests was so highly appreciated that in 19so he became a member of the firm with a fourth interest, and in 1886 was elected its treasurer: in 1988 the works at Read- ing. valued at a million dollars, were de- stroyed by fire, but the finances of the
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company were so well managed by its treasurer that its credit was not affected, and since then it has continued a steady development. In 1893 Mr. England was one of the organizers of the Reading Na- tional Bank, and is also a Director of the Citizens' Bank, and of the United Traction Company of Reading; in 1896 he organized the Reading Cycle Manufactur- ing Company, of which he became Presi- dent. He is also President of the Nor- ristown Vise Company, and the Auburn Bolt and Nut Company, Vice President of the Wilder Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, and Treasurer of the Read- ing Screw Company, these companies owing their origin to his advice and aid. Address, Perkiomen Ave., Reading, Pa.
ENGLE. S. F .:
President of the Lebanon Valley Trust Company. Address, Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pa.
ENGLISH, Harry D. W .:
General Manager for Western Pennsyl- vania of the Berkshire Life Insurance Company; born in Blair County, Pa., in 1855; received an academic education, and then learned the printing trade. In 1881 accepted the agency of the company he now represents. In the Episcopal Church he has always been a worker and promi- nent in its various organizations and charitable institutions; also prominent in Masonic circles. Member of the Chamber of Commerce, and also a member of Pittsburg's various social clubs. Address, Fidelity Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
ENRIGHT, Patrick Frederick:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Northampton Coun- ty; born in South Bethlehem, Northamp- ton County, Pa., March 17, 1868; educated in the South Bethlehem public schools. graduating from the High School in 1883; attended Lehigh University for one term; taught public school from 1884 to 1893; in latter year accepted a position on the repertorial staff of the Bethlehem Times; has been a member of the South Bethle- hem School Board since 1\96; was elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, South Bethle- hem, Pa.
ERB, Israel G .:
President of the Lititz National Bank. Address, Lititiz, Lancaster County, Pa.
ERDMAN, Constantine J .:
Lawyer; born in Upper Saucon Town- ship, Lehigh County, Pa., Sept. 4, 1846; educated in Pennsylvania College at Get- tysburg, graduating in 1865; studied law and was admitted to the Lehigh County bar in 1868; he entered into partnership with J. H. Oliver, the firm continuing till the death of Mr. Oliver in 1871; in 1874 Mr. Erdman was elected to Con- gress, after his retirement from which body he became County Solicitor; in 1593 he formed a partnership with Thomas F. Diefenderfer, which still continues and has a large and profitable practice in Al- lentown. For twenty-five years he has been counsel for Powers & Weightman, manufacturing chemists at Philadelphia, and has represented many other large cor- porations. As Adjutant General of the Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guards, he was wounded at Reading dur- ing the strike of 1877; he is President of the Allentown Coopersburg Turnpike Company, of the Allentown Insurance Company, and of the Copley Cement Company. Address, Allentown, Pa.
ERDMAN, Milton:
Jurist; born in Stroudsburg, Pa .; edu- cated at York Collegiate Institute; Pres- ident Judge of the several courts of the Forty-third Judicial District of Penns- sylvania. comprising counties of Monroe and Pike. Married on June 9, 1900, to Mary Greenwald. Republican in poli- tics. Address, Stroudsburg, Pa.
ERIKSON, E. E .:
Mechanical engineer; was born in Swe- den, and educated at the great govern- ment school at Norkofing. In 18S2 came to America and secured a position as draughtsman in the Pennsylvania Rail- way shops at Altoona; later employed as Chief Engineer in the office of the Fort Wayne Road, and later as Assistant Su- perintendent of the New Castle shops of the J. P. Witherow Company; for the past ten years has conducted an en- gineering and contracting business in Pittsburg. Address, Garrison Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
ERMENTROUT, James N .:
Jurist: born at Reading. Pa .. in 1846. and educated in the public schools of that city; he became a teacher in the Tusca- rora Academy of Union County and in other schools, and for two years served
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as Deputy Superintendent of Schools under his brother; while thus engaged he studied law, spent some years in the office of his brother, Samuel Ermentrout, and was admitted to the bar in 1867; he entered into partnership with his brother, who for a number of years was State Senator and afterwards a member of Congress. The new firm built up a very large practice, of which James had to bear the brunt, his brother's time being occupied in legislative duties; he was fully competent to the task, being looked upon as one of the leading trial lawyers of the State. In 1SS5 he was nominated for Judge, and was elected by a large majority; in 1895 he was re-nominated, and was elected over the Republican can- didate by a majority of 5,000. Address, Reading, Pa.
ERMENTROUT, Samuel C., M. D .:
Born in Reading, Pa., March 28, 1844; educated in the public schools at the Reading Classical Academy; was gradu- ated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1866; served in the Civil War as a private in Company E, 12Sth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded in the battle of Chancellors- ville; went to Europe soon after the ยท opening of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and was appointed a Surgeon in the Prussian Army. For his skill as a Sur- geon received the decoration of the Golden Cross, and was made a member of the Order of the Crown. Returned to Read- ing, Pa., at the close of the war, and has since practiced medicine in his native city; was physician to the County Alms- house, and served for & number of years on the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hos- pital; is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was Commander of Keim Post of Reading for four years; is a brother of Judge Ermentrout of the Courts of Berks County; the late Con- gressman Ermentrout was also a brother. Married Emma Keppleman of Reading, eldest daughter of John Keppleman, an iron founder. Address, Reading, Pa.
ERRINGER, J. L .:
President of the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Company. Address, 415 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
ESHELMAN, George RoAs:
Lawyer: born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 00, 1564; son of the late D. G. Eshleman, Esq., of the Lancaster County bar, who
was of German-Swiss descent and be- longed to a large and well-known family, for many generations intelligent and sub- stantial farmers in Lancaster County. His mother was a daughter of the late Dr. Abraham Carpenter of Lancaster, and through her mother, a great-granddaugh- - ter of George Ross, a signer of the Decla- ration of Independence. He received his primary education at Yeute's Institute, and was graduated from Princeton with the class of 1884, and in 1387 received the degree of A. M. from same institution. He read law with his father and was ad- mitted to the Lancaster County bar in 1886, and has since practiced his pro- fession at Lancaster. In 1887 he pur- chased the local legal paper, the Lancas- ter Law Review, and has since been its editor and publisher. On June 1, 1893, married Elizabeth, daughter of the late F. S. Spencer of Lancaster. He was a Democrat until 1896, and has since joined the Republican party, Member of Her- shel Lodge No. 123. I. O. O. F .; Lan- caster Lodge No. 134, B. P. O. E .; the Young Republican Club, the Hamilton Club, and the Y. M. C. A. of Lancaster, and of the Pennsylvania State and Lan- caster County Bar Associations. He is a member of St. James' Protestant Episco- pal Church, and a vestryman therein, and of the Church Club of Central Pennsyl- vania. Address. 4S North Duke St., Lan- caster, Pa.
ESHNER, Augustus A., M. D .:
Born in Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1862; was graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia, 1879; Jefferson Medical College, 1SSS; resident physician in the Philadelphia Hospital, 1888 to 1882; Chief Clinical Assistant Out-Patient Medical Department Jefferson Medical College Hospital, 1892; Adjunct Professor
Clinical Medicine. Philadelphia Poly- clinic, 1893; Professor of Clinical Medi- cine. Philadelphia Polyclinic, 1595 -; Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital,
1896 -: Editor "Transactions Philadel- phia County Medical Society." 1596 to 1897; Assistant Physician Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases N; Physician to Hos- pital for Diseases of the Lungs at Chest- nut Hill, 1900 to 1903. Address, 224 South Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ESLER. James M .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County;
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was born in Fawn Township, Allegheny County, Pa., near Tarentum, his present residence, Oct. 24, 1854; educated in the public schools and the Southwestern State Normal School at California, Pa., graduating from the latter in 1878; taught public school five terms; conducted retail drug store in Braddock for one year, and at Tarentum for eighteen years; was alternate delegate to the National Convention at St. Louis in 1896 from the Twenty-third Congressional District; was Census Supervisor for Allegheny County in 1900: is at present General Agent for the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, for Western Pennsylvania, in company with R. J. Cunningam, Con- troller of Allegheny County: was elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember. 1902. Address, Tarentum, Pa.
ESLING, Charles Henry Augustine, A. M., LL. D .:
Lawyer; lecturer; author; born in Phil- adelphia Jan. 21, 1845; headquarters of Washington and the Hessian General, Knyphausser, were at the respective houses of his great-great-grandparents at the battle of Brandywine: educated at St. Joseph's Jesuit College, Philadelphia; Georgetown University, D. C. Read law with Hon. William M. Meredith, and was graduated LL. B. from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1882; received degree of A. M. from Georgetown University, centennial diploma. 1889. and LL. D. from St. Joseph's College. Phila - delphia, Golden Jubilee Celebration, 1902. Married on April 10. 1890, Elizabeth. daughter of Charles Beader. of Jenkins- town, Pa. Represented Archbishop of Baltimore and the Catholic laity of the United States at Golden Jubilee cele- bration of Pope Pius IX .. 1877, and re- ceived bronze jubilee medal for himself. and appointed to bear others to distin- guished recipients in the United States; delegate of lay Catholic Congresses of United States, Baltimore, 1889. and Chi- cago. 1903, foreign member of the Royal Court of Saxony: Republican in politics. Member of the following clubs: Univer- sity of Philadelphia. Penn Club of Phila- delphia. Anglo-American of Dresden, Sax- ony, and poet of its fortieth jubilee cele- bration; Wurtemberg Rennberenis (Sport Club) of Stuttgart. Author of "Melo- dies of Mood and Tense." 1971. Address. 2103 Locust St .. Philadelphia, or Wirt- tembergische Veriens Bank, Stuttgart, Germany.
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ESPY. J. S .:
President of the State Bank of Pitts- burg. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
ESSER, Jacob B .:
Publisher; born in Kutztown, Pa., Jan. 5, 1863: educated in public schools and at the Keystone State Normal School; elect- ed Burgess of Kutztown; at present hold- ing the office of Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks County; Chair- man of the Democratic County Commit- tee; was Secretary of the Keystone Agri- cultural and Horticultural Society of Berks County for a number of years un- til the dissolution of the society one year ago; proprietor of the Kutztown Journal (German); established the Kutztown Pa- triot (English) in 1902; frequently a dele- gate to Democratic county conventions; married Mary L. Hillegass, daughter of Dr. J. G. Hillegass of Pennsburg, Mont- gomery County, Pa., Oct. 11, 1887. Ad- dress, Kutztown, Pa.
ESTE, Charles:
Importer and dealer in lumber; born in Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 13. 1843; son of David Kirkpartrick, Jr., and Eliza Phillips Hous- ton Este; educated in Switzerland. France and Germany; served in Company E. First Regiment. Gray Reserves, Pennsylvania Militia, 1862. and Thirty-second Regi- ment, Pennsylvania United States Vol- unteers. 1\63: started in business in 1966. Married April 11. 1874. Christine Eliza- beth Dodge, daughter of John C. Dodge of Brooklyn, N. Y. Member of Order of Albion, Colonial Wars, Colonial Governors. Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812, Post 2. G. A. R .: Military Order of Foreign Wars, Pennsylvania Commandery (first Secretary): Union League, Manufacturers' Chib. Philadelphia Country Club and Corinthian Yacht Club. Adress, 4111 Bal- timore Ave .. Philadelphia, Pa.
ESTES, William Lawrence, M. D .:
Born at Brownsville. Haywood County. Western Tennessee. Nov. 28. 1855: edu- cated in private schools and Bethel Col- lege. Russellville. Ky., with degree of 1. M. 1893; entered Medical Department of University of Virginia 1875; was grad- nated in 1877. receiving M. D. degree; New York City, and of St. Luke's Hos- appointed intern at Mt. Sinai Hospital. New York City, and served three years: since 1\'1 on staff of St. Luke's Hos- pital, South Bethleham, Pa., being now
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Director, Physician, Surgeon-in-Chief and Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene at Lehigh University: Fellow of American Academy of Medicine, American Surgical Association. Member of American Medi- cal Association, Pennsylvania State Mel- ical Society, Lehigh Valley Medical Asso- ciation, and honorary, member of New York State Association of Railway Sur- geons. Address, South Bethlehem, Pa.
ETTING, Charles E .:
Insurance agent; second son of Edward J. Etting of Philadelphia and Philippa Minis of Savannah; born in Philadelphia Feb. 5, 1844: he was mustered into the service of the United States as Second Lieutenant, Company D. 121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Aug. 4. 1862, as- signed to the First Brigade, Third Divi- sion, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, joining it near Sharpsburg, after the bat- tle of Antietam, and served continuously as Second Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp. Captain, Acting Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral and Mustering Officer until the end of the Civil War, being mustered out as Captain. Upon the termination of the war Captain Etting engaged in business and resides in his native city, where he is a well-known citizen and member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Society of the First Army Corps. Society of the Army of the Potomac. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and Post 1. Grand Army of the Republic. Depart- ment of Pennsylvania. Address. 327 Wal- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ETTING, Theodore Minus:
Lawyer; born May 25, 1816. Philadel- phia. Pa .: educated at private schools, University of Pennsylvania, and at Unit- ed States Naval Academy; Midshipman, Ensign, Master, Lieutenant, United States Navy: member of Select Council; Referee in Bankruptcy. Married Jeanette Ver- planck March After resigning from the Navy in 1877. studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1978, and has since that time been engaged in the prac- tice of law in Philadelphia. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Loyal Legion. Republican in politics. Permanent address. 1219 Spruce St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
ETTINGER. George Taylor:
Professor of Latin and Pedagogy in Muhlenberg College; son of Amos and 1
Susan Ettinger; born in Allentown, Pa .. Nov. 8. 1800; was educated at private school and Muhlenberg College. Allen- town; was graduated in 1850, and suc- cessively became tutor, Principal Aca- demic Department, and now is Professor of Latin and Pedagogy; received degree of Ph. D. from New York University in 1891 for work done in Pedagogy and Ger- man. Author: "Pedagogy, the Fourth Profession," and "The Relations and Du- ties of Colleges to Their Preparatory Schools." For fiteen years connected with the public schools of Allentown, many years as President or Secretary of the Board of Control. Associated with John W. Jordan, LL. D., of the Histori- cal Society of Pennsylvania, and Dr
E. M. Green, supervising editor "Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogi- cal and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania," to be published by the Lewis Publishing Company, of New York and Chicago. Editor of The Muhl- enberg since its foundation in 1983. and Secretary of Faculty and Librarian of Muhlenberg College; Prison Inspector of Lehigh County; is President of Lehigh County Historical Society; member of American Philological Society. Pennsyl- vania German Society. and Pennsylvania Society of New York. Ang. 17. 1899, he married Emma C., daughter of Gustavus Adolphus Aschbach. Republican. Ad- dress. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
EVANS, Alvin:
Congressman: born Oct. 4, 1815, at Ebensburg. Pa .; received a public school education; afterward studied law and in 1873 he was admitted to the Cambria County bar. From 1901 to 1903 he was a member of Congress for the Twentieth Pennsylvania District, and for the Nine- teenth District from 1903 to 1905. Re- publican. Address, Ebensburg, Pa.
EVANS, Charles C .:
President of the Berwick National Bank. Address, Berwick. Columbia Coun- ty, Pa.
EVANS, Franklin Harold:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: Sergeant 121st Pennsylvania In- fantry Aug. 15. 1862; discharged for pro- motion Get. 12. 1968; First Lieutenant Eighth United States (colored Infantry Oct. 9. 1863; Captain Dee. 9, 1964; honor-
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ably mustered out Dec. 12, 1865. Elected Nov. 5, 1884. Address, 1712 Jefferson St., Philadelphia, Pa.
EVANS, George Howard:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet . Military Academy Sept. 1. 1868; Second Lieutenant Tenth Cavalry June 14, 1872; First Lieutenant. Nov. 18, 1881; Captain Oct. 20, 1892; retired March 11, 1898. Ad- dress, 226 Ophelia St., Pittsburg, Pa.
EVANS, Horace Young:
Physician; born in Nantmeal, Chester County, Pa., in 1834. He is descended from Welsh ancestors, who came to this country in 1717. his paternal grandfather being a medical purveyor in the patriot army during the Revolution. He pre- pared for college in the Westchester Academy, graduated at Princeton College in 1855, and entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1858. He subse- quently practiced for five years in hospi- tals and dispensaries, and in the Army during the war, after which he began pri- vate practice in Philadelphia, where he has been a general practitioner for forty- one years. He is a Fellow of the Phila- delphia College of Physicians and a mem- ber of the American Medical Association. the County and State Medical Societies, and the Sydenham Medical Association. Has been twice married-in 1863 to Anna L. Richards and in 1885 to Ida M. Wil- liams. He has one son, Horace Y. Evans, Jr. Address, 1631 Green St., Philadelphia.
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