Biography

10/11/1836 - 07/15/1903

CRISTE, Peter J., a Representative from Northumberland County; born, October 11, 1836 in Summit, Cambria County, Pa.; carpenter; teacher; architect; elected, auditor, Turbot Township; elected, justice of the peace; president, Milton Water Company; director, Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Co.; director, Milton National Bank; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1890, 1892 and 1898; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894, 1896, 1900); co-owner, Hastings Printing Co.; died, July 15, 1903 in Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Joseph’s Cemetery; East Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.