Biography

03/09/1834 - 06/22/1891


SHARKEY, John F., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 9, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; carpenter; deputy United States Marshal (1857-1869); special detective, District Attorney’s office, Philadelphia; owner, Miller and Sharkey Detective Agency; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1887 term, not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1889 term; died, June 22, 1891 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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