Biography

02/19/1838 - 09/10/1911

BENEDICT, Willis B., a Representative from Warren County; born, February 19, 1838 in Southwest Township, Warren County, Pa.; attended, Waterford Academy; engaged, lumber business; engaged, oil business; elected, treasurer, Warren County (1863-1864); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1881 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1883 term; elected, president, Common Council, Titusville, Crawford County, Pa. (1890-1892); mayor, Titusville (1896-1899); died, September 10, 1911 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Enterprise Cemetery, Enterprise, Warren County, Pennsylvania.