Biography

09/04/1804 - 06/09/1872

MANIFOLD, John, a Representative from York County; born, September 4, 1804 in Hopewell Township, York County, Pa.; farmer; justice of the peace, York County; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Hopewell Centre, Pa. (1858-1860); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1861); died, June 9, 1872 in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Round Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cross Roads, York County, Pennsylvania.