Biography

07/08/1837 - 09/08/1918

REILLY, Bernard, a Representative from Wayne County; born, July 8, 1837 in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pa.; carpenter; teacher; grocer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1880 and 1882; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1884); unsuccessful campaign, prothonotary, Wayne County (1890); elected, chair, Democratic Committee, Wayne County (1893); died, September 8, 1918 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.