Biography

12/04/1837 - 04/22/1915

YARGER, Samuel J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 4, 1837 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, Company B, 17th Regiment, 1st Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1861, Civil War); engaged, wallpaper and paper hanging business; appraiser, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 and 1881 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1883 term; proprietor, retail coal business; manufacturer, wire staple machines; died, April 22, 1915 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fernwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.