Biography

10/28/1864 - 10/02/1925

SAMPLE, William Devore, "Liam," a Representative from Mercer County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 28, 1864; graduated, Repourd School of Embalming, 1905; employed, Sharon Iron Works; employed, Kimberly Rolling Mill; funeral director; elected, mayor, Sharon (1906-1909); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1922; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1924 General election; died, October 2, 1925 in Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.