Biography

08/14/1828 - 03/16/1902

VENSEL, Barney, a Representative from Clarion County; born, August 14, 1828 in Richland Township, Clarion County, Pa.; engaged, lumber business; hotel proprietor; proprietor, general store; postmaster, United States Postal Service, St. Petersburg, Clarion County; elected, burgess, St. Petersburg; engaged, oil business; elected, treasurer, Clarion County (1869-1871); school director, St. Petersburg, Clarion County (6 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1885 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1887 term; died, March 16, 1902 in St. Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.