Biography

03/27/1857 - 03/06/1934


BOUGHER, Martin Wesley, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 27, 1857 in Durham Township, Bucks County, Pa.; farmer (3 years); marine engineer; grocer; ship chandlery business; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1896-1904); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1904; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1906); proprietor, meat shop; appointed, inspector of weights, Philadelphia; died, March 6, 1934 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; interred, Riegelsville Union Cemetery, Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
 
 


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