Biography

1774 - 08/22/1840

POWER, Samuel Avery, a Representative from Beaver County; born, 1774 in Loudon County, Va.; major, 2^nd Brigade, 16^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1814, War of 1812); farmer; elected, coroner, Beaver County (1806); elected, sheriff, Beaver County (1809-1812); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1812, 1813); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1815-1827); vice president, State Democratic Convention (1827); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1829-1830, 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 terms; appointed, superintendent, Ohio and Pennsylvania Canal (1832-1836); appointed, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania (1830-1836); died, August 22, 1840 in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; interred, Clark Park Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.