Biography

11/14/1823 - 02/16/1893

HERR, John Forrer, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, November 14, 1823 in Lancaster County, Pa.; farmer; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1854; director, Lancaster and Strasburg Turnpike; director and part-owner, Strasburg Railroad; president, Strasburg National Bank; died, February 16, 1893 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Longenecker’s Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.