Biography

10/15/1776 - 05/18/1840


BOCKIUS, Joseph, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 15, 1776 in Germantown (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa.; school teacher; appointed, school director, Germantown (now Philadelphia) (1821-1825, 1828- 1832); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1825-1826 term; elected, auditor, Philadelphia County (1827); auditor, Philadelphia public schools (1828-1829); died, May 18, 1840 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Market Square Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; removed to Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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