Biography

07/13/1837 - 04/22/1894

BAER, Benjamin C., a Representative from Berks County; born, July 13, 1837 in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pa.; teacher; clerk; station agent, Reading Railroad Company; employed, Diener, Baer, & Miller, grain and lumber dealer;  engaged, ore and coal business; elected, elections officer, Topton; elected, Topton (1878-1879, 1885-1888); school director; elected, justice of the peace, Topton (1880-1884); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1884 and 1886; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Tipton (1893-1894); died, April 22, 1894, Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Topton Union Cemetery, Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania.