Biography

11/11/1828 - 10/30/1893


WILLIAMS, William Whitman, a Representative from Susquehanna County; born, November 11, 1828 in Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pa.; attended, Harford Academy; sheep, cattle and buffalo farmer; engaged, real estate business; engaged, lumber business; elected, assessor, Gibson; elected, justice of the peace, Gibson; engaged, mercantile business; postmaster, United States Postal Service, South Gibson; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); died, October 30, 1893 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.


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