Biography

06/23/1810 - 04/30/1883


TATE, Levi Lamburn, a Representative from Columbia, Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties; born, June 23, 1810 in Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pa.; private, Company E, 149th Regiment, “Bucktails,” Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862, Civil War); apprentice, Pennsylvania Banner (1835); partner, Pioneer and Banner (1835-1837); partner, Democrat and Republican (1838-1839); appointed, collector, Pennsylvania Canal (1839); proprietor, Luzerne Democrat (1839-1852); proprietor, Berwick Sentinel (1840-1843); proprietor, Columbia Enquirer (1843-1849); proprietor, Columbia Democrat (1847-1866); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1862 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1863 term; proprietor, Lycoming Standard (1866-1873); proprietor, Sun and Democrat (1870-1881); proprietor, Lycoming Chronicle (1880-1883); died, April 30, 1883 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.


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