Biography

01/19/1820 - 10/27/1906

WHITSON, George, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, January 19, 1820 in Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; farmer; auctioneer; elected, recorder of deeds, Lancaster County (1861-1864); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1870; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1871); school director, Bart Township (1877-1889); justice of the peace, Christiana (1889-1906); died, October 27, 1906 in Churchtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.