Biography

12/10/1835 - 05/18/1918

O’NEILL, Daniel Lyyng, a Representative from Luzerne County, born, December 10, 1835 in Port Deposit, Cecil County, Md.; studied law, Hendrick B. Wright; teacher (1852-1860); lawyer (1864-1918); elected, school director and board, Wilkes Barre (1866-1878); elected as a Democrat the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1869 term, not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1870 term; notary public; elected, council, Wilkes Barre (1873-1880); director of the poor, central district, Luzerne County (1881-1884); died, May 18, 1918 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.