Biography

1797 - 08/27/1873


FLING, William B., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, 1797 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa; cabinet-maker and merchant; engaged, real estate; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1836-1837 and 1837-1838 terms; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1838); elected, manager, Pennsylvania Hospital (1841-1856); died, August 27, 1873 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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