Biography

1837 - 04/22/1899

WORRALL, Washington Matlack, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1837 in West Chester, Chester County, Pa.; engaged, clothing business; captain, Company D, 99th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1861-1863, Civil War); major, 214th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1863-1865, Civil War); colonel, United States Army; engaged, produce business; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republcan to serve the 1874 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; died, April 22, 1899, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Springfield Friends Burial Ground, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.