Biography

07/14/1803 - 04/01/1872

EYRE, Joshua Pusey, a Representative from Delaware County; born, July 14, 1804 in Pennsylvania; farmer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1841 term, reelected to the House for the 1842 term; director, Delaware County National Bank; gubernatorial appointee, commissioner for Pennsylvania, The Graham Resurvey of the Mason Dixon line (1849-1850); died, April 1, 1872 in Pennsylvania; interred, Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania