Biography

02/26/1825 - 12/05/1863


Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson Counties (1857), Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties (1858)

CALHOUN, John K., a Representative from Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties; born, February 26, 1825 in Wayne Township, Armstrong County, Pa.; captain, Company A, 22nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1862, Civil War); school teacher; lawyer (1850-1863); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House for Representatives for the 1857 and 1858 terms; editor, Armstrong Democrat (1862-1863); died, December 5, 1863 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; interred, Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 


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