Biography

04/16/1819 - 05/30/1886


TYSON, Elwood, a Representative from Delaware County; born, April 16, 1819 in Aston Township, Delaware County, Pa.; miller; farmer; elected, school director, Aston Township (1856-1866, 1880); elected, commissioner, Delaware County (1858-1860); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1864 and 1865; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1866); president, Delaware County National Bank (1877-1886); died, May 30, 1886 in Village Green, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Cumberland Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.


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