Biography

04/23/1762 - 10/25/1846

DEARTH, George Simmons, a Representative from Fayette County; born, April 23, 1762 in Baltimore County, Md.; captain, 4^th Regiment, Fayette County Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia (1793-1796); major, First Battalion, First Fayette County Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia (1796-1800); major, First Battalion, 91^st Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia (1800-1803); inspector, 2^nd Brigade, 13^th Division (1814, War of 1812); farmer; elected, commissioner, Fayette County (1802); tax collector (1814); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1816-1817, 1817-1817 and 1818-1819 terms; unsuccess campaign for reelection to the House (1819, 1820); engaged, wagon transportation and shipping; engaged, real estate; died, October 25, 1846; interred, Dearth Family Cemetery, Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.