Biography

10/02/1862 - 08/15/1948

McPEAKE, George Cook, a Representative from Washington County; born, October 2, 1862 in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa.; graduated, Duff’s Business College; served, Pennsylvania National Guard (3 years); proprietor, grocery store (15 years); engaged in the real estate and insurance business; assistant burgess, Canonsburg (4 years); elected, council, Canonsburg (3 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as Republican in 1916; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1918); elected, treasurer, Canonsburg; died, August 15, 1948 in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania.