Biography

10/18/1804 - 09/21/1874

POMEROY (PUMROY), Joseph, a Representative from Franklin County; born, October 18, 1804 near Roxbury, Franklin County, Pa.; merchant; elected, auditor, Franklin County (1833-1836); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1840; farmer; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1850); elected, associate judge, Junita County (1861); president, Juniata Valley Bank; died, September 21, 1874 in Academia, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lower Tuscarora Church and Cemetery, Beale Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.