Biography

12/15/1886 - 07/19/1957

ESHELMAN, Dr. Orville Chester, a Representative from Berks County; born in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa., December 15, 1886; M.D., Medico-Chirurgical College (now University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine), 1908; physician; pharmacist; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Shillington, Pa. (1915-1922); treasurer, Keystone Fire Company; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1922; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1924); died, July 19, 1957 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fairview Cemetery, Shillington, Berks County, Pennsylvania.