Biography

1808 - 1846


NESBITT, John W., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born circa 1808 in Maryland; government clerk, Philadelphia County; president, Southwark Hose Company; director, Southward Library Company (1835); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Philadelphia County (1838, 1841); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1838-1839 term; appointed, Notary Public, Southwark, Philadelphia County (1841); died, 1846 in Maryland.


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