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having died when he was but a mere child. He worked at the lumber business in his native county until he arrived at the age of twenty-three years. In 1870 he entered the office of the late George M. Reade, of Ebensburg, as a student of the law, and was admitted to the bar of Cambria county in 1873, since which time he has been in the continuous and active practice of his chosen profession. He enjoys a large remunerative and appreciative clientage in Cambria county, and practices in the Supreme Court of the State and in the United States Circuit Courts as well. He is also solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad company in Cambria county.     Politically, Mr. Evans is a republican, loyal and firm in his convictions, and has always taken a deep interest in the success of his party, and, at the convention of his party held at Ebensburg in the spring of 1896, he received the unanimous endorsement of the Republican party in the county of Cambria for Congress in the Twentieth Congressional district, being the only aspirant in the four counties comprising the district who received a unanimous endorsement. Each county had its candidate. Religiously he is a member of the Congregational church, to whose support he is a liberal contributor. Fraternally he is a member of the Summit Lodge, No. 312, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Improved Order of Heptasophs, both of Ebensburg.     On November 17, 1875, the nuptials were celebrated which made Mr. Evans and Miss Kate E. Shroyock, a daughter of John K. and Susan M. Shroyock, husband and wife; and their union has been blessed in the birth of four bright and interesting children: John E., Charles S., Flora M., and Alvin W.     In professional and private life Mr. Evans has borne himself above reproach, and, by his

superior ability and manly traits of character, has won an enviable respect and popularity. As a lawyer he takes rank with the leading attorneys of the State of Pennsylvania. He is a careful student of law literature, possesses a keen and discriminating mind, and is always alert in the detection of technical points and legal manoeuvering. He is an earnest and fluent speaker, and a gentleman of pleasant address, polished manners, and a deep, sympathetic nature—qualities of head and heart which have made for him a host of warm and admiring friends. MR. JOHN LANTZY, now living a retired life near Hastings, has been identified with many important enterprises, and for a period of fifty years wielded an extended influence in the business interests of the communities in which he resided. He is a son of Joseph and Mary Ursula (Betters) Lantzy, and was born in Barr, then Susquehanna, township, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1827.     Joseph Lantzy was a native of Canton, Organ, Switzerland. He was born in 1775, received a fair education, and followed farming until 1810, when he came to Philadelphia, which he soon left to settle in Lancaster county. Sixteen years later he removed from his Lancaster county home to Susquehanna township, this county, where he purchased one hundred acres of woodland off the Fisher tract. He was one of the pioneer farmers of his section, and after clearing up his land, he bought an additional one hundred acres, owning at the time of his death a two hundred acre farm of fertile and productive land. Mr. Lantzy prospered as a farmer, and was highly respected as a man, a neighbor and a citizen. He was a consistent member and a constant

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