EVANS, Cadwallader, 1762-

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'''Cadwallader Evans''' (b. 1762) was a politician and businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ==Vitals== * '''Name:''' Cadwallader Evans<br/ > * '''Alternative names:''' <br/ > * '''Gender:''' M<br/ > * '''Birth date:''' 1762<br/ > * '''Place of birth:''' Montgomery County, Pennsylvania<br/ > * '''Nationality:''' US<br/ > * '''Spouse(s):''' <br/ > * '''Children:''' <br/ > * '''Meeting:''' <br/ > * '''Branch:''' <br/ > * '''Disowned date:''' --<br/ > * '''Death date:''' <br/ > * '''Place of death:''' <br/ > * '''Works by:''' ==Biography== Cadwallader Evans was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1762. From 1790 to ca. 1802, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and at one time its speaker. He later moved to Philadelphia. He urged the excavation of a canal along the Schuykill River and became the president of the company responsible for that effort. ==Sources== * Drinker, Extracts from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1889. p 155. * Sharpless, A Qu. experiment in govt., 2:271. [[Category:Quakers of Philadelphia]]

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