Biography

06/06/1860 - 11/10/1932

NEARY, John F., a Representative from Luzerne County; born, June 6, 1860 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa.; slate picker; teacher, Pittston schools; principal, Jenkins Township schools; elected, auditor, Pittston; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1890); unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Luzerne County (1893); watchman, Delaware & Hudson Railroad; died, November 10, 1932 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.