Biography

08/13/1862 - 11/14/1924


ROSS, George H., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., August 13, 1862; coal miner; blacksmith; engineer; druggist, Ross & Company; elected, council, Luzerne Borough; elected, assessor, Luzerne Borough; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1902 and 1904; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1906); unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Luzerne County (1915, 1919); vice-president and secretary, Susquehanna Coal Company (1916); appointed, mercantile appraiser, Luzerne County (1919-1922); died, November 14, 1924 in Luzerne Borough, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
 


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