Biography

12/23/1826 - 08/21/1887

MUSSELMAN, Christian C., a Representative from Somerset County; born, December 23, 1826 in Summit Township, Somerset County, Pa.; shoemaker apprentice; teacher; farmer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1863 term and as a Union Republican to the 1864 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1865 term; United States patent holder, combined press for cheese (1867); elected, associate judge, Somerset County (1877-1881); director, Somerset and Cambria Railroad; elected, Somerset County representative, State Board of Agriculture (1878-1887); died, August 21, 1887 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.