Biography

12/30/1801 - 08/26/1890

WEISEL, Abraham, a Representative from Bedford County; born, December 30, 1801 in Bedford, Bedford County, Pa.; miller (1818-1860); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1842 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1843 term; farmer (1860-1890); elected, assistant assessor, Colerain Township (1861-1865); elected, assessor, Colerain Township (1865-1869); elected, clerk, Colerain Township (1869-1873); elected, auditor, Colerain Township (1869-1873); died, August 26, 1890 in Colerain Township, Bedford Couty, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Cove United Church of Christ Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.