Biography

06/24/1824 - 09/21/1893


GAFFEY, John, a Representative from Lycoming County; born, June 24, 1824 in Galway, Ireland; engaged, tanning businesses; farmer; engaged, real estate business; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877; reelected to the House in 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1878, 1890); died, September 21, 1893 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Carmel Cemetery, Garden View, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.


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