John McMeens

Sessions

Session	Position	District	Party
1819-1820		10	Republican
1821-1822		10	Republican

Counties	Bradford, Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Tioga

Biography

1823

Son of William and Margaret (Sharen) McMeens; originally from South Carolina, settled before 1772 near Lewisburg. Col. John McMeens received a rural education; served as a Luzerne county commissioner, 1808; member of the Susquehanna Navigation Commission; the state House of Representatives, 1814, 1817-18; state Senate, 1819-1823; justice of the peace under Gov. Snyder; died about 1823, interred at Newbury.