Biography

12/07/1791 - 02/14/1883

SLEMMER, Adam, a Representative from Montgomery County; born, December 7, 1791 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; merchant (1812-1819); school teacher (1819-1827); owner and editor, Bauern Freund (1827); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1827-1828, 1828-1829, 1829-1830 and 1830-1831 terms; conveyancer; appointed, justice of the peace (1832); appointed, prothonotary, Montgomery County (1833); owner, Norristown Register (1834-1846); elected, council, Norristown; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1846); trustee, Norristown Academy; elected, school director, Norristown; president, Norristown Fire Company; appointed, prison inspector, Montgomery County; died, February 14, 1883 in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Montgomery Cemetery, West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.