Biography

05/03/1825 - 03/11/1896

FOLLMER, Jacob Michael, a Representative from Northumberland County; born, May 3, 1825 in Limestone Township, Montour County, Pa.; lieutenant, Company E, 37th Regiment, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves (1863, Civil War); farmer; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1864); agent, Watsontown Lumber Company; elected, auditor, Northumberland County; engaged, insurance business; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1890, 1894); appointed, justice of the peace, Milton (1894-1896); president, Milton Mutual Fire Insurance Company; died, March 11, 1896 in Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Milton Cemetery; Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.