Biography

09/15/1831 - 11/21/1888


DeWOODY, James Lowry, a Representative from Venango County; born, September 15, 1831 in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; engaged, nail manufacturing business; engaged, oil business; elected as a National Greenback candidate to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1881 term; died, November 21, 1888 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interred, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.


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