Biography

08/16/1818 - 06/26/1904

VARNUM, William, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, August 16, 1818 in Washington, DC; Iron manufacturer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1860 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1861 term; director, Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company (1869); elected, vice-president, Tenth Ward Bank (1872-1874); died, June 26, 1904 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania