Biography

05/19/1834 - 12/15/1872


SELLERS, William Welker, a Representative from Franklin and Fulton Counties; born, May 19, 1834 in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa.; proprietor, Fulton Republican; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1862); proprietor and editor, Tazewell County Republican; elected, Illinois State Legislature (1866-1867); elected, mayor, Pekin, Il. (1868-1870); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Pekin, Il. (1870-1872); died, December 15, 1872 in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois; interred, Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois.


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