Biography

04/19/1848 - 12/14/1912


BARNHART, Simon J., a Representative from York County; born, April 19, 1848 in Heidelberg Township, York County, Pa.; teacher (12 years); school director (3 years); farmer; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1884 and 1886; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1892); died, December 14, 1912 in West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint David Old Cemetery, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania.


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