Biography

05/19/1866 - 01/11/1953

MUSSER, John R., a Representative from Cambria County; born, Philipsburg, Centre County, Pa., on May 19, 1866; educated, public schools of Philipsburg; tinning apprentice; employed, Gallitzin and Leechburg; elected, burgess, Barnesboro (1900); school director, Barnesboro (14 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1930; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1928, 1932); proprietor, hardware store; died, January 11, 1953 in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.