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	SYLVESTER ENGLISH,* vice-president and treasurer of the Mahoning Lumber Company, of Youngstown, is one of hte prominent and prosperous business men of this city, where his enterprise and public spirit are universally reorganized.  He was born, reared and educated in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  In his early business life, Mr. English was in a stave business at Shakerville, Mercer County, where he remained three years, spending three more at Farmington and Emlenton, in adjoining counties, and then embarked in a stave business in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  After four years in Crawford County he removed to Bloomfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he remained for a like period, and then went to Wellsville, West Virginia, for one year.  Burgessville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, was the scene of his activity for the next two years, then Wheeling, West Virginia, for two and a half years.  There, with a partner, he bought about 2,000 acres of timber land in Jackson and Putnam Counties, which they cut and manufactured into staves and lumber.      From West Virginia Mr. English removed to Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, still interested in lumber, remaining there until the fall of 1902,when he came to business men, he organized the Mahoning Lumber Company of Youngstown.  This business was incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000, which has since been increased to $65,000.  The present officers are: J. E. Nutt, president; S. English, vice-president and treasurer; and J. J. Hamilton, secretary.  The 'plant is an extensive one and the business is an important industry of the vicinity.  Mr. English is also interested as a stockholder in other concerns and owns coal and oil lands in Washington County.      On Aug. 4, 1875, Mr. English was married to Fannie Morrison, who was also reared in Mercer County.  They have two children, viz:  Clifton B., a mechanical engineer, who is superintending the building of a cement plant in Canada for the Bellville Portland Cement Company; and Gertrude, residing at home.  Mr. English is a member of the First Baptist Church.   Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 1027
	MASON EVANS was born Nov. 24, 1849, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He was a son of Owen Evans, who was born in Montgomery county, that state, but who spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where he died in 1859.  Mr. Evans' mother, whose name in maidenhood was Sarah Roe, was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Mr. Evans was graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania in the class of 1869, and was admitted to the bar at Philadelphia Nov. 30, 1870.  In September of the following year he removed to Youngstown, and in 1875 he was admitted to the bar of Ohio at Warren.  He was for some time in partnership with General Thomas W. Sanderson, under the style of Sanderson & Evans.   On the organization of the Commercial National Bank in 1881. Mr. Evans retired from the practice of law to become cashier of that institution, and so remained until January, 1906, when he was elected president of the bank, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George M. McKelvey.  This office he has since retained.  Mr. Evans was married at Youngstown, June 8, 1876, to Miss Lucy E. Gerwig, daughter of Frederick Gerwig.  A more extended biographical mention of Mr. Evans may be found on another page of this volume. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 298
	MASON EVANS, president of the Commercial National Bank of Youngstown, and formerly junior member of the law firm of Sanderson & Evans of this city, occupies a very prominent position in the business and social life of Youngstown.  He was born Nov. 27, 1849, St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Owen and Sarah (Roe) Evans.      Owen Evans, who came of Welsh ancestry, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of Philadelphia for many years, where he was a man of substance and standing.  He died in that city in 1859, when his son was 10 years of age.  He is survived by his widow, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who still resides in the city of Brotherly Love.      Mason Evans enjoyed excellent educational advantages in his native city.  He read law with Aaron Thompson, a prominent practitioner of Philadelphia, prior to entering the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in the class of 1869.  Mr. Evans chose Youngstown, Ohio, as a favorable field for the exercise of his profession, coming to this city Sept. 19, 1871.  In 1875 he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Warren, and began practice.  The law firm of Sanderson & Evans, composed of General Thomas W. Sanderson and Mason Evans, controlled during its existence a large part of the important business before the various courts.  Mr. Evans now stands at the head of one of the largest financial institutions of Mahoning County, the Commercial National Bank of Youngstown.  He is justifiably recognized as a most useful citizen, whose financial and professional ability, combined with his noted public spirit, have contributed largely to the upbuilding of the city and to bringing it to the favorable notice of the out side world.      On June 8, 1876, Mr. Evans was married to Lucy E. Gerwig, a daughter of the late Frederick Gerwig, formerly a large iron manufacturer at Youngstown.  Mr. and Mrs. Evans have a beautiful home at No. 215 Lincoln avenue.  They have three children living - Frederick G., Eunice and Mason, Jr. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 527

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