Biography

04/07/1850 - 08/29/1928

CRISWELL, George Stuart, a Representative from Venango County; born, April 7, 1850 in Richland Township, Venango County, Pa.; attended, Tableau Seminary; farmer; teacher; deputy prothonotary, Venango County (1872-1874); attorney-at-law (1875-1928); general council, commissioners, Venango County (1879-1881); elected, city council, Franklin; elected, school board, Franklin; elected as a Republican to  the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1885 and 1887 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1889 term; president judge, Venango County (appointed, 1895; elected, 1895-1925); died, August 29, 1928 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interred, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.