Biography

03/03/1866 - 05/09/1934

CHEW, David Sands Brown, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 3, 1866 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, William Penn Charter School, 1882; graduated, University of Pennsylvania, 1886; private, First Troop, Philadelphia City Calvary; aide-de-camp, quartermaster and captain, First Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard; major, 20th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard; president, Gloucester Gingham Mills; member, 8th Ward School Board (1889-1892); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1894-1898); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1898 and 1900; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); elected, city council, Philadelphia; died, May 9, 1934 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.