Biography

1775 - 09/22/1844

GARBER, Christian, a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, 1775 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; importer and merchant; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Hollidaysburg (1807-1816); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1817); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1816-1817 and 1817-1818 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1818-1819 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1824-1828); elected, delegate, National Democratic Convention (1832); contractor, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (1832-1840); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Frankstown Township (1838-1839); died, September 22, 1844 in Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon (now Blair) County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.