Biography

07/04/1826 - 01/19/1913


MEANS, Samuel Woods, Sr., a Representative from Cumberland County; born, July 4, 1826 near Newville, Cumberland County, Pa.; tanner; merchant; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat to serve the 1877 and 1878 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House to the 1879 term; manager, W.C. Stuart’s shoe store; died, January 19, 1913 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.


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