Biography

1839 - 09/01/1896

CROGAN, Michael, a Representative from Luzerne County; born, 1839 in Ireland; carpenter and builder; elected, deputy sheriff, Luzerne County; elected, school director, 8th ward, Wilkes Barre; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1874 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; elected, council, Wilkes Barre (1888-1889); street commissioner, Wilkes Barre (1889-1896); died, September 1, 1896 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old St. Mary’s Irish Catholic Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.