Biography

03/01/1832 - 01/24/1889

HUNTER, Benjamin Franklin, a Representative from Centre County; born, March 1, 1832 in Patton Township, Centre County, Pa.; farmer; elected, justice of peace (3 terms); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1882; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1884); died, January 24, 1889 in Buffalo Run, Centre County, Pennsylvania; interred, Meyer Cemetery, Buffalo Run, Centre County, Pennsylvania.