Biography

1827 - 02/10/1900

KOONS, Bernard D., a Representative from Luzerne County; born, circa 1827 in Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pa.; lawyer; elected, council, Shickshinny; appointed, justice of the peace, Shickshinny; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1872 and 1873 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1874 term; employed, Union Turnpike Company; employed, Shickshinny Water Company; elected, burgess, Shickshinny (1891); died, February 10, 1900 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Scott Cemetery, Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.