Biography

11/09/1853 - 04/26/1925

DEAN, Jacob J., a Representative from Lawrence County; born in Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pa., November 9, 1853; operator and owner, wholesale grocery business (1887-1925); elected, select council, New Castle (8 years); elected, school board, New Castle (2 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1917 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1918); distributer, oil and gasoline; owner, Dean’s Auto Service (1917-1925); died, April 26, 1925 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.