Biography

11/21/1761 - 10/25/1837


PARKE, John G., a Representative from Chester County; born, November 21, 1761; farmer; landowner; unsuccessful campaign, director of the poor, Chester County (1800, 1801); elected, director of the poor, Chester County (1802); elected, commissioner, Chester County (1805); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819 term; died, October 25, 1837 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.


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