Biography

1846 - 02/22/1928

BARNETT, Samuel John, a Representative from York County, born, 1846, in Peach Bottom, York County, Pa.; graduated,  Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania); school teacher, Delta (15 years); editor and publisher, The Delta Herald & Times (1878-1926); school director, Delta (20 years); school superintendent, Delta (30 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1915 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1916); died, February 22, 1928 in Delta, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Slateville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Delta, York County, Pennsylvania.