Biography

01/23/1823 - 10/14/1881

WILLIAMS, David F., a Representative from York County; born, January 23, 1823 in York, York County, Pa.; attended, York County Academy; printer; co-owner and editor, Democratic Press (1844-1855); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1848 term; reelected to the House for the 1849 and 1853 terms; elected, Democratic State Convention (1849); co-owner and editor, Pittsburgh Gazette (1858-1859); appointed, agent, United States Customs House, Philadelphia (1860-1866); editor, York Republican; elected, District Attorney, York County (1869-1870); appointed, assessor, Internal Revenue, York County (1869-1876); president, York County National Bank (1875-1881); died, October 14, 1881 in York, York County, Pennsylvania; interred, Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania.