Biography

02/11/1822 - 11/02/1903


LEIGHTY, Eli C., a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, February 11, 1822 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pa.; farmer; engaged, oil business; druggist; elected, council, West Newtown, Pa.; elected, school board, West Newtown; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1881 term; died, November 2, 1903 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Newtown Cemetery, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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