Biography

08/05/1817 - 07/26/1909


DONNELLY, William, a Representative from Westmoreland County, Pa.; born, August 5, 1817 in Westmoreland County, Pa.; carpenter; teacher; engaged, salt making; engaged, oil business; school director, Derry Township, Westmoreland County (6 years); hotel keeper; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Branch Junction, Pa. (1854-1861), Millwood, Pa. (1893-1897); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1877 and 1878 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1879 term; farmer; died, July 26, 1909 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Saint Martin’s Catholic Cemetery, New Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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