Biography

08/05/1838 - 04/05/1927

FORTENBAUGH, Abraham Andrew Miller, a Representative from Dauphin County; born, August 5, 1838 in Newberry Township, York County, Pa.; operated, general store; proprietor, Halifax Shoe Company; elected, burgess, Halifax; school director, Halifax; elected, council, Halifax; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican for the 1874, 1875 and 1876 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1877 term; director and vice president, First National Bank of Millersburg (30 years); director, Miner’s Deposit Bank, Lykens (22 years); banker, Halifax National Bank and Harrisburg Trust Company; died, April 5, 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.