Biography

1842 - 12/22/1897


BURNS, Henry, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, circa 1842 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; employed, city water department, Philadelphia; employed, United States Postal Service, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1873 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1874 term; died, December 22, 1897 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Paul’s ME Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (defunct).


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