Biography

10/14/1882 - 08/07/1962


WITHERSPOON, David Erskine, Sr., a Representative from Franklin County; born, Guilford Township, Franklin County, Pa. on October 14, 1882; teacher (9 years); cashier, Marion Bank; farmer and horticulturist; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1924; reelected and served 2 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1930); died, August 7, 1962 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
 


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