Biography

01/20/1843 - 01/09/1921

ENNIS, John Andrew J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 20, 1843 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, Company F, 91st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1861-1862, Civil War); ship carpenter and fastener; ship foreman, Charles Hillman and Company; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1889 term, reelected for 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1897 term; inspector, Bureau of Building Inspection, Philadelphia; died, January 9, 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.