Biography

02/20/1835 - 12/20/1912

STURTEVANT, John Cirby, a Representative from Crawford County; born, February 20, 1835 in Spring Township, Crawford County, Pa.; farmer; school teacher; assistant sergeant-at-arms, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1861-1862); chief messenger, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1864); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1864 and 1865; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1866); elected, burgess, Conneautville (1871-1872); proprietor, hardware store; cashier, First National Bank of Conneautville (1874-1878); president, First National Bank of Conneautville (1878-1912); elected, United States Congress (1897-1899); not a candidate for reelection to Congress; died, December 20, 1912 in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Conneautville Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.