Biography

01/09/1828 - 09/28/1917

GERWIG, Henry, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, January 9, 1828 in Upper Betschdorf Alsace, France; merchant; tailor; rope manufacturer; director, Third National Bank, Pittsburgh; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representative for the 1874 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; president, Teutonia Fire Insurance Company; died, September 28, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.