Biography

09/02/1825 - 02/27/1904

STOTZER, John, a Representative from Northampton County; born, September 2, 1825 in Berne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland; canal boatman; store clerk (1847); proprietor, grocery store (1848-1860); elected, justice of the peace, Easton (1854-1860); elected, register and recorder of wills, Easton (1860-1866); elected, council, Easton (1865-1883: president, 1880-1883); hotel proprietor; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); engaged, real estate business; conveyancer; notary public; treasurer, board of directors of the poor, Northampton County (21 years); elected, chair, Northampton County Democratic Convention (1889); died, February 27, 1904  in Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.