Biography

06/13/1800 - 06/16/1873

DONEHOO, James, a Representative from Washington County; born, June 13, 1800 in Ireland; tailor; elected, commissioner, Washington County (1844-1845); elected, delegate, Democratic County Convention (1847); elected, justice of peace, Cross Creek, Washington County (38 years); unsuccessful campaign, prothonotary, Washington County (1854); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1858 term; not a candidate for reelection the House for the 1859 term; died, June 16, 1873 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Cross Creek Cemetery, Cross Creek, Washington County, Pennsylvania.