Biography

04/20/1799 - 02/11/1876


GEORGE, John, a Representative from Lebanon County; born, April 20, 1799 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pa.; coal merchant; elected, treasurer, Lebanon County (1834-1836); dry goods merchant; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1857; president, Lebanon Valley National Bank (1857-1876); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Lebanon (1870-1876); died, February 11, 1876 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. 


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