Biography

11/29/1803 - 03/10/1884

CHESTNUT, George W., a Representative from Bedford County; born, November 29, 1803 in Bedford County (now Fulton County), Pa.; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1846 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1847 term; tavern keeper; died, March 10, 1884 in Bethel Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Warfordsburg Methodist Cemetery, Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania.