Biography

1815 - 05/07/1885


BARNETT, Dr. William G., a Representative from Washington County; born, circa 1815; graduated, Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1837; physician; elected, school director, Canonsburg; unsuccessful campaign for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1873); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); died, May 7, 1885 in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania.


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