Biography

04/01/1841 - 04/10/1921

McANLIS, James, a Representative from Lawrence County; born, April 1, 1841 in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pa.; engaged in the oil industry (2 years); proprietor, boarding house (5 years); farmer; butcher; elected, school board, Wampum borough; elected, council, Wampum borough; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1899 and 1901 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1903 term; director, First National Bank of Wampum; died, April 10, 1921 in Wampum, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; interred, Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Darlington, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.