Biography

01/26/1833 - 12/30/1901


RILAND, James, a Representative from Northumberland County; born, January 26, 1833 in Upper Augusta, Northumberland County, Pa.; farmer; elected, commissioner, Northumberland County (1862-1865); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1882 and 1884; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1886); died, December 30, 1901 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, interred, Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.


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