William Connely

William Connely

William Connely

Photo credit:

White, Emma Siggins. Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families.  Kansas City: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918. 

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1819-1820 Representative Democrat
1820-1821 Representative Democrat
Counties Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren

Biography

07/22/1777 - 05/23/1871


CONNELY, William, a Representative from Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties; born, July 22, 1777 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; surveyor (1795); Methodist minister (1812); engaged, real estate; merchant; appointed, surveyor, Venango County (1817, 1840-1844); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1819-1820 and 1820-1821 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1821-1822 term; appointed, justice of the peace (1822-1837); elected, burgess, Franklin (1829); elected, associate judge, Venango County (1862); died, May 23, 1871 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interred, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.


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