Biography

01/23/1840 - 01/30/1911

STRICKLER, Dr. Abraham H., a Representative from Franklin County; born, January 23, 1840 in Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pa.; A.B. and A.M., The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1863; M.D., Bellevue Hospital Medical College, NY, 1866; assistant surgeon, Lincoln Hospital, Washington DC (Civil War); physician; elected, council, Waynesboro; elected, burgess, Waynesboro; elected, school board, Waynesboro; engaged in manufacturing enterprises; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1894); director, Citizens National Bank, Waynesboro; president, Landis Tool Company; died, January 30, 1911 in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.