Biography

02/27/1853 - 11/23/1929

HINDENACH, Christian E., born, February 27, 1853 in Washington Township, Bucks County, Pa.; graduated, Keystone State Normal School (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), 1877; teacher (20 years); principal, Durham, Pa. (13 years); elected, assessor, Durham (5 years); proprietor, R.K. Bachman & Bro., general store; chair, Bucks County Democrat Convention (1876); elected, congressional conferee (1884); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1886 and 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Durham (1895-1909); elected, overseer of the poor, Durham; elected, justice of the peace (1897-1899); died, November 23, 1929 in New Jersey; interred, Durham Cemetery, Durham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.