Biography

02/20/1814 - 03/14/1890

ECKMAN, Joseph, a Representative from Lebanon County; born, February 20, 1814 in Eden Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; clerk, Mount Hope Furnace; superintendent, Cornwall Furnace; manager, Montgomery Iron Furnace, Port Kennedy; manager, St. Charles Furnace; justice of the peace, South Lebanon Township (1849-1854); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1858 and 1859; member, board of directors, Columbia National Bank; died, March 14, 1890 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster County, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.