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(o Harriet Shollenljcrgcr, a teacher in the pub­ lic schools, who w a ' to m in WnlKisii, Indiana, (ia u ^ tc r o f John G. anil Delia (W ildoner; ShoTlciitorgcr, who are living retired at Altncdia. Pennsylvania. M r. Kasclcy is a member of the First Meth­ odist Episcopal Church of Berwick, the B er­ wick Y . M . C. A . : and of the following secret societies: Washington Camp, No. 105, P. O. S. o f Knights u f M alta; Berwick Council, No. 17C11. Royal Arcanum, and Berwick Ixxlge. No. 1 138, Benevolent and Protective Or<Icr of E lk s; and he also holds membership in the Berwick Club.
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interests, having been one of the original directors of the First National Bank. Jam es L. Evans received liis higher literary education al the Bloomsburg Normal School and Lafayette CoUege. from which latter he was graduatcil in t888. Entering the office of his brother as a law student, he was admitteil to the bar of the Tw enty-sixth Jud icial district in 1893, and has been in continuous practice since that time, with much success. H is prac­ tice is mostly civil cases, the mamigcment of estates, and as couii.selor. He is attorney for the Berwick National Bank and the Berwick Savings and T rust Company. M r. E van s is a member of the Presbyterian Church, he and Ills family being active workers and support­ J A M E S L. K V A N S, attorney, o f Berwick, ers o f that society. In politics he is a Kew as to m in Columbia county, Pa., Oct. 10. ))ubltcan. On Ju n e 2, tgoq, Mr. Evans w as n urried 18610. a member of the fourth generation of the fam ily in this section. to Fannie L. Adams, daughter o f E n os L. T he Evans fam ily is o f Welsh extraction, ,dams. a member o f one of the oldest fam­ M r. E van s's great-grandfather coming to this ilies o f Columbia county. 'Fhcy have no chil­ countiy from Wales and settling in B riar­ dren. A n extensive account of the .Adams creek township in the latter i»aTt of the fam ily appears in the sketch o f Charles E. eighteenth ceiiluiy. Jam es Evans, the graml- .Adams, elsewhere in this work. father. w as to m in 1799 in Columhia county, W IL L IA M F II.M O R E R U C H w as dur­ and followed farming here. However, he was engaged principally as a millwright, following ing his life one of the best known citizens of that trade most o f his life, building nearly all Berwick, in which town he was torn N ov. 5. the gristmills in the neighborhood. He built 1848. H is father, H enry Ruch. was a native and owned an oil mill near Evansville, which o f I-uzcmc county. P a., where the fam ily ha<l town was named a fte r the fam ily, and his long been residents. death occurred in I.uzcrne county in June. Henry Ruch received the advantages of the 1879. in his eightieth year. H e had two chil­ schools o f his locality, and while a young nun dren, Francis and .Annie, the daughter dying entered (he employ o f a merchant with whom when about sixteen years o f age. he remained until he had thoroughly mastered Francis Evans, son o f Jam es, was bom in the business o f general merchandising. He Pimnsytvania and reared on the fam i. and then opened a general store at Hobbic, L u ­ followed agricultural pursuits on an exten­ zerne county, where he did a thriving bu si­ sive scale until 1885, in which year he retired, ness, and invested his surplus in farm .', ac­ moving to Berwick, where he still has his quiring at different times the possession of home. H e has been a successful man. . eight large tracts. These he comlucied with member of the Presbyterian Church, he is one the same vigor and foresight that charactero f its stanch supporters, and has been a nil- ize<l his store business and made him one of ing elder fo r over half a century, a position he the well-to-do residents o f his locality. He still holds. H e married Jan e I.amon. who was w as a member of the Methodist Cluirch and to m in Pennsylvania, daughter o f Jam es and gave freely o f his time and money to the cause. Hannah fS p e a r) I.arnon. toth natives o f Politically he w as a W hig, and on the form a­ County Donegal. Ireland, and the following tion of the Republican party liecame a member children ivcre bom to this union: Annie, who of the new organization. W hile a young nun married H enry W icdcrhald, now residing at he was married to Catherine Fowler, who .Atbtntic City, N. J .; Helen A., who marriccl to re him the following children: Charles, M. N. Kantz. now deceased; Charles C . : William F .. Emma. Frank, Reuben. H a riy and Jam es L . : Lillie B.. who marric<l D r. J . C. Gilbert. T he parents are buried at B erw kk. Mloomrirld. now residing at Atlanta. G a .; and in Pine Grove cemetery. Grace, who married Pcrcival Currin. o f B er­ William Filmore Ruch attende<) the pub­ wick. M r. Evans was prominent in (he affairs lic schools o f Berwick until he was sixteen o f (he town, and associated with the financial years o f age. when he began work on the