Biography

11/28/1808 - 12/08/1893


RIDER, Daniel, a Representative from Washington County; born, November 28, 1808 in Fayette County, Pa.; captain, Pennsylvania Militia; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Clarysville (1833-1836); enumerator, United States Census (1840); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1844 and 1845; deputy United States marshal, Washington County; partner, Henn, Williams & Co., real estate agents; partner, Rider, Hedges & Co., real estate agents; fruit farmer; beekeeper; died, December 8, 1893 in Jefferson County, Iowa; interred, Old Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa.


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