Biography

01/01/1854 - 08/25/1932

GOCKLEY, Henry S., a Representative from Lebanon County; born, January 1, 1854 in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; attended, Palatinate College (now Evangelical Seminary), Myerstown, Pa.; teacher (11 years); attorney (1882-1931); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1884; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1886); secretary, Tulpehocken Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1889-1931); elected, justice of the peace, Myerstown (1901-1931); elected, chief burgess, Myerstown (3 terms); died, August 25, 1932 in Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.