Biography

12/01/1818 - 11/22/1882


WESTFALL, William, a Representative from Pike County; born, December 1, 1818 in New Jersey; graduated, Milford Academy; farmer; lumberer; elected, commissioner, Pike County (1851-1854); elected, treasurer, Pike County (1858-1860, 1864-1866); elected, associate judge, Pike County (1866-1871); elected, auditor, Pike County (1875-1881); school director, Lackawaxen Township (35 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1880; died while in office, November 22, 1882 in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania; interred, Rowlands Cemetery, Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania.


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