Biography

02/23/1837 - 07/20/1900

LaTOUCHE, John S., a Representative from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties; born, February 23, 1837 in Union Village, Washington County, NY; freight and station agent, Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, Moscow, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1880 and 1882; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1884); unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Lackawanna County (1891); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Moscow, Pa. (1898-1900); died, July 20, 1900 in Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.