Biography

02/25/1851 - 06/02/1938

STORB, John William, a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa., February 25, 1851; engaged in marble and granite business (25 years); president, National Iron Bank (30 years); president, Pottstown Gas and Water Company; president, South Reading Market Company; vice-president, Columbian Paper Company; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1923 term and reelected to serve 5 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1935 term; died, June 2, 1938; interred, Mount Zion Cemetery and Mausoleum, North Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania.