Biography

12/30/1796 - 12/21/1867

OAKES, Samuel, a Representative from Columbia, Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties; born, December 30, 1796 in Pennsylvania; farmer; appointed, associate judge, Columbia County (1845-1850); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1859 and 1860 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1861 term; died, December 21, 1867 in Limestone, Montour County, Pennsylvania; interred, Milton Cemetery, Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.