Biography

01/10/1818 - 07/09/1890


GALLENTINE, Abraham L., a Representative from Fayette and Westmoreland Counties; born, January 10, 1818 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pa.; farmer; elected, auditor, Saltlick Township (1849); elected, school director, Saltlick Township (1850, 1853, 1856); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1854 term; elected, school director, Springfield Township (1865); died, July 9, 1890 in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; interred, Gallentine Family Cemetery, Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.


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