Biography

1821 - 12/14/1873


PRESTON, John F., a Representative from Philadelphia County, born, 1821 in New Jersey; engaged, manufacturing; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1860 and 1861 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1862 term; Inspector, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia (1870-1872); search clerk, Office of the Receiver of Taxes, Philadelphia County (1873); died, December 14, 1873 in Manayunk, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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