Biography

1842 - 01/26/1917


QUIGLEY, Peter J., a Representative from Luzerne County; born, 1842 in Ireland; president, miner’s union, Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1872 and 1873 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1874 term; deputy treasurer, Lake County, Co.; deputy sheriff, Lake County, Co.; judge, Lake County, Co. (1886-1892); mine bookkeeper, Denver City, Co.; inspector of public works, Denver City, Co.; died, January 26, 1917 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; interred, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado.


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