Biography

11/15/1857 - 06/07/1895

BRODHEAD, William H., a Representative from Luzerne County; born, November 15, 1857 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; captain, Company A, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard (1886-1893); major, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard (1893-1894); engineer, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (1873); clerk, general store (1874-1876); bookkeeper, Swoyer mines and Port Bowkley Colliery (1876-1883); employed, Hanover Coal Company (1884-1892); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1894); died, June 7, 1895 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.