Biography

02/12/1830 - 03/02/1899


CARSON, James White, a Representative from Franklin County; born, February 12, 1830 in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa.; engaged in merchandizing and chemical manufacturing, Philadelphia; fruit farmer; member, Franklin County Republican Committee; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); died, March 2, 1899 in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.


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