Biography

04/14/1865 - 12/09/1936

STATLER, John P., a Representative from Somerset County; born, April 14, 1865 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pa; teacher; justice of the peace (15 years); watchmaker; surveyor; engaged in contracting and mill planning business; organizer and president, Citizens’ National Bank of Windber (14 years); proprietor, Somerset Door and Column Company; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1914 and 1918; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1916); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1920); president, Somerset Mutual Fire Insurance Company; engaged in the jewelry businesses; died, December 9, 1936 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Schellsburg Cemetery, Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.