Biography

07/17/1844 - 09/14/1925

STEPHENS, Adelbert Wesley, a Representative from Wyoming County; born, July 17, 1844 in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pa.; farmer; carpenter; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1880); elected, chair, Wyoming County Democratic Convention (1884); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Nicholson, Pa. (1885-1889); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1888, 1896); elected, school director; died, September 14, 1925 in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.