Biography

08/12/1852 - 08/02/1939

HAMILTON, Dr. Sylvester Sutton, a Representative from Jefferson County; born in East Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pa., August 12, 1852; graduated, Covode Academy; graduated, University of Scio, Oh.; attended, Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel Medical College); M.D., Columbus Medical College, Oh., 1878; school teacher; physician; drug store owner; elected, council, Punxsutawney (10 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1900; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); died, August 2, 1939, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; interred, Circle Hill Cemetery, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.