Biography

03/28/1829 - 04/09/1893


SMITH, John Emmanuel, a Representative from Adams County; born, March 28, 1829 in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pa.; teacher (5 years); storekeeper; engaged in cigar manufacturing; elected, justice of the peace (1850-1893); elected, commissioner, Adams County (1876-1878); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1880); appointed, associate judge, Adams County (1885); died, April 9, 1893 in Adams County, Pennsylvania; interred, Conewago Chapel Basilica Cemetery, Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.


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