Evan Herber Evans

Evan Herber Evans , was a Welsh Nonconformist minister.

He was the eldest son of Josiah and Sarah Evans of Pantyronen, near Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, where he was born onJuly 1836. He spent several of his earlier years with his grandfather, Jonah Evans, at PenyrHerber, whence, some twenty years later, he adopted his second name. When fourteen years of age, young Evan was apprenticed to a local draper, who was known as a man of literary tastes, and after four years service in Wales he removed to Liverpool, where in 1857 he commenced to preach in connection with the Welsh congregational church , Great Crosshall Street, then under the pastorate of John Thomas . After twelve months preparatory training at the Normal College, Swansea, he proceeded in September 1858 to the Memorial College, Brecon, where he remained for four years.

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