Biography

12/01/1827 - 07/26/1895

MAGILL, Watson P., a Representative of Bucks County; born, December 1, 1827 in Solebury, Bucks County, Pa.; captain, Company C, 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1862, Civil War); captain, Company D, 31st Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1863, Civil War); farmer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1855 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1856); president, Republican Party of Solebury and New Hope, Pa.; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1868); appointed, assistant assessor, 5th district of Pennsylvania, United States Internal Revenue (1875-1879); appointed, gauger, 1st district of Pennsylvania, United States Internal Revenue (1879-1885); estate appraiser (1886-1891); died, July 26, 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Solebury Friends Graveyard, Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.