George W. Ellis

George W. Ellis

Member

Photo credit:

McAtee, William, comp. Souvenir: Portraits and Biographies of the Members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania and Heads of Departments, Session of 1895. Harrisburg, Pa.: The Roshon Portrait Company, 1895

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1895-1896 Representative Republican
1897-1898 Representative Republican
Counties Lebanon

Biography

04/11/1850 - 07/10/1930


ELLIS, George Wilson, a Representative from Lebanon County; born, April 11, 1850 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa.; attended, Swatara Institute; blacksmith; employed, Light Brothers, iron works; elected, council, Jonestown (12 years); elected, chief burgess, Jonestown (1895); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1894 and 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); died, July 10, 1930 in Cheltenham Township,  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Zion Lutheran Church, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.


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