JOHN F. SHARKEY

SHARKEY, John F., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 9, 1834 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; carpenter; deputy United States Marshall (1857-1869); special detective, Philadelphia District Attorney’s office; owner, Miller and Sharkey Detective Agency; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1887 term, not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1889 term; died, June 22, 1891 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.