Biography

09/28/1842 - 11/26/1917

HOUCK, John Deetz, a Representative from Pike County; born, September 28, 1842 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston; lumberer; manufacturer, tent poles, wooden toys and umbrella and parasol handles; elected, auditor, LaAnna; school director, LaAnna; elected, associate judge, Pike County (1891-1901); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1903 and 1905 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the house for the 1907 term; died, November 26, 1917 in LeAnna, Pike County, Pennsylvania; interred, Pine Grove Cemetery, South Sterling, Pike County, Pennsylvania.