Biography

01/13/1838 - 09/18/1913

GEMMILL, John B., a Representative from York County; born, January 13, 1838 in Hopewell Township, York County, Pa.; farmer; elected, assessor and school director, Hopewell Township; president, board of trustees, Farm Grove Academy; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat for the 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1879); postmaster, United States Postal Service, New Park, Pa. (1878-1889); general manager, drug store; insurance agent, Prudential Life Insurance Company; court detective, York County; grocer; died, September 18, 1913 in York, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Park, York County, Pennsylvania.