Biography

01/03/1821 - 05/10/1899

BORTNER, Henry M., a Representative from York County; born, January 3, 1821 in Codorus Township, York County, Pa.; private, Company B, 172nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862, Civil War); miller; elected, assessor, Springfield Township (1852); elected, tax collector, Shrewsbury Township (1860); elected, school director, Shrewsbury Township (1862-1864); elected, assessor, Shrewsbury Township (1863-1865); elected, assessor, Codorus Township (1867-1871, 1885-1886); elected, treasurer, York County (1872-1873); elected, school director, Codorus Township (1878-1884); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1886 and 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888, 1894); died, May 10, 1899 in Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Hope United Church of Christ Cemetery, Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania.