Biography

01/10/1812 - 12/14/1890

WITMER, David, a Representative from Juniata, Snyder and Union Counties; born, January 10, 1812 in Pennsylvania; justice of the peace; farmer; director and agent, Union County Mutual Insurance Company (1856); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1858 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1859 term; merchant; elected, associate judge, Snyder County (1863); elected, school director, Union Township, Snyder County (1872); elected, auditor, Union Township (1882, 1888); died, December 14, 1890 in Port Trevorton, Snyder County, Pennsylvania; interred, Witmer’s Evangelical Church Association Cemetery, Port Trevorton, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.