Biography

10/01/1873 - 10/01/1956

BODY, Howard W., a Representative from Berks County; born in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pa., October 1, 1873; attended, Keystone State Normal School (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania); attended, Inter-State Commercial College of Reading; teacher (10 years); farmer; employed in the creamery business; director, Berks County Farm Bureau; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1913 term and reelected to serve the following term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1917 term; clerk, Berks County Court of Pleas; director and vice-president, First National Bank of Oley; died, Ocober 1, 1956 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Pauls Church Cemetery, Amityville, Berks County, Pennsylvania.