Biography

07/01/1820 - 12/09/1907

McMILLEN, Jacob Rush, a Representative from Somerset County; born, July 1, 1820 in Paddytown, Somerset County, Pa.; fireman; farmer; tanner; elected, justice of the peace, Middlecreek Township; elected, associate judge, Somerset County (1866-1870); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1873 and 1874 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; died, December 9, 1907 in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, New Centerville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.