Biography

08/30/1862 - 06/18/1923


BARTON, William J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 30, 1862 in Tyron, Omagh County, Ireland; iron molder, Jannet & Banner; member, 7th Ward Republican Executive Committee; elected, school board, 7th Ward, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1907 and 1909 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1910); dock master, Wharves, Ferries and Docks Department, Philadelphia; real estate assessor, Philadelphia; died, June 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 
 


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