Biography

08/29/1819 - 04/13/1902

Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson Counties (1857), Clarion and Forest Counties (1858)

ABRAMS, William McClelland, a Representative from Armstrong, Clarion, Forest and Jefferson Counties; born, August 29, 1819 in Greene County, Pennsylvania; farmer; merchant; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Rimersburg, Pa. (1855-1856); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1857 and 1858 terms; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1858); co-owner, Keystone Coffin Manufacturing Co.; president, Abrams Savings Bank (1870-1877); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1872); oil speculator; owner, crude oil warehouse; steamboat captain; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1875); coal operator; died, April 13, 1902 in Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interred, Rimersburg Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.