Biography

06/16/1842 - 09/24/1928

PRY, David M., a Representative from Washington County; born, June 16, 1842 in Washington County, Pa.; corporal, Company K, 140th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862-1865, Civil War); farmer; dry goods merchant; unsuccessful campaign, treasurer, Washington County (1880); elected, recorder, Washington County (1885-1887); elected, justice of the peace, Burgettstown; notary public; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); insurance salesman; died, September 24, 1928 in St. Cloud, Osceola County, Florida; interred, Fairview Cemetery, Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.