Biography

02/13/1835 - 01/20/1900

EUSTON, John J., a Representative from Lebanon County; born, February 13, 1835 in North Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pa.; school teacher; store clerk; engaged, railroad industry (20 years); engaged, coal business; elected, justice of the peace (1857- 1862, 1899-1900); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1882; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1884); elected, assessor, North Lebanon Township; died, January 20, 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.