Biography

08/30/1836 - 10/13/1907

STERRETT, David, a Representative from McKean County; born, August 30, 1836 in Pinegrove Mills, Centre County, Pa.; graduated, Northwestern University, 1862; second corporal, Company D, 131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862, Civil War); attorney-at-law (1864-1907); director, Smethport Gas Company (1881-1890); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1883 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1885 term; died, October 13, 1907 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania.