Biography

02/14/1842 - 04/11/1912


MOONEY, Thomas, a Representative from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties; born, February 14, 1842 in Carbondale, Luzerne County (now Lackawanna County), Pa.; miner; elected, council, Carbondale (1870-1871); elected, tax collector, Carbondale (1872-1873); elected as a National Greenbacker to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1880); died, April 11, 1912 in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.


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