Matthias Pennypacker, JR.
Matthias Pennypacker, JR.
Biography
08/15/1786 - 04/04/1852
PENNYPACKER, Matthias, Jr., a Representative from Chester County; born, August 15, 1786 inn Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pa.; farmer; miller; lumber dealer; lawyer (1825); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1826-1827 and 1827-1828 terms; president, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (1833); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); died, April 4, 1852 in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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