Biography

10/31/1839 - 08/22/1925

MAPES, George Egbert, a Representative from Venango County; born, October 31, 1839 in Wallkill, Orange County, NY; farmer; engaged, grocery business; coal dealer; elected, council, Pleasantville, Venango County, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1877, 1878, 1879, and 1881 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1883 term; associate editor, Philadelphia Times (19 years); political editor, North American; editor, Philadelphia Record; died, August 22, 1925 in Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.