Biography

07/17/1870 - 07/21/1940

WILSON, Robert Henry, a Representative from Adams County; born, July 17, 1870 in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pa.; attended, Williamsport Commercial School; farmer; owner, general merchandise store; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1904; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1906 General election; founder and secretary-treasurer, Keystone Cabinet Company (1924-1940); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Littlestown, Pa. (1928-1933); elected, delegate-at-large, Republican National Convention (1932); director and secretary-treasurer, Littlestown National Bank; died, July 21, 1940 in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.