Biography

12/12/1796 - 02/01/1855


BLACK, Jeremiah, a Representative from Tioga County; born, December 12, 1796 in Maryland; farmer; elected, delegate, County Democratic Convention (1845); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1849 and 1851; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1850); died, February 1, 1855 in Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interred, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.


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