Biography

06/24/1839 - 09/13/1901

BAKEOVEN, George A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 24, 1839 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, Company F, 72nd Regiment, "Fire Zouaves," Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1861, Civil War); glassblower; clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1866-1870) clerk, Treasurer’s office, Philadelphia (1874); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1879 term; employed, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia; died, September 13, 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.