Biography

02/19/1833 - 10/21/1913


BENNETT, John A., a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, February 19, 1833 in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pa.; stagecoach driver; construction, wreck master and foreman, railroad industry; farmer; butcher; elected, justice of the peace (1877-1882); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1883 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1885 term; engaged, insurance and real estate business; employed, traction company; died, October 21, 1913 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Coles Cemetery, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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