Biography

09/24/1807 - 04/11/1886

TRACY, Henry Wells, a Representative from Bradford County; born, September 24, 1807 in Ulster Township, Luzerne County (now Bradford County), Pa.; attended, Angelica Seminary, Allegany County, NY; proprietor, Tracy Brothers, merchandise company; proprietor, Tracy and Moore, merchandise company; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Standing Stone, Pa. (1841-1843, 1855-1856); elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1860); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1861 and 1862 terms; elected as an Independent Republican, United States Congress (1863-1865); appointed, deputy collector, port of Philadelphia (1866-1868); farmer; died, April 11, 1886 in Standing Stone, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wysox Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.