Biography

09/14/1831 - 06/11/1889


SHIDLE, Geter Crosby, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, September 14, 1831 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; engaged, mercantile business; wallpaper manufacturer; elected, director (1870-1889), president (1886-1889), Masonic Bank; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); director, Dollar Savings Bank; director, Union Insurance Company; appointed, member, Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities; member, Pennsylvania State Board of Health; died, June 11, 1889 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.


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