Biography

07/12/1840 - 12/01/1898

REIGHARD, Oliver Hazard Perry, a Representative from Lycoming County; born, July 12, 1840 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa.; attended, Jersey Shore Academy, Pa.; captain, Company B, 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1862, Civil War); engaged, oil business; attorney-at-law (1863-1898); elected, District Attorney, Lycoming County (1868-1871); unsuccessful campaign, mayor, Williamsport (1872); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); director and solicitor, Lycoming National Bank; engaged, real estate and lumber businesses; died, December 1, 1898 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.