Biography

02/28/1847 - 04/01/1891


HARSH, Robert A., a Representative from Mercer County; born, February 28, 1847 in Fairview Township, Mercer County, Pa.; teacher (1864-1867); principal, West Middlesex School District (1878-1879); dry goods merchant; lumber dealer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1885 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1887 term; died, April 1, 1891 in Fredonia, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interred, Millbank Cemetery, Fredonia, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.


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