Biography

01/31/1823 - 11/12/1893

HARKNESS, Stephen D., a Representative from Bradford County; born, January 31, 1823 in Springfield, Bradford County, Pa.; farmer; attorney-at-law; tax collector, Springfield Township (1857); elected, justice of the peace; elected, treasurer, Bradford County (1863-1865); elected, associate judge, Bradford County (1871-1876); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1880); died, November 12, 1893 in Springfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harkness Cemetery, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.