Biography

1807 - 07/16/1890

WADSWORTH, Dawson, a Representative from Mercer County; born, 1807 in Rockcorry, County Monaghan, Ireland; second lieutenant, Mercer County Infantry (1846, Mexican War); hatter; tax collector, Pittsburgh (1839); farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1846 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1847 term; postmaster, United States Postal Service, North Liberty, Mercer County (1848-1849); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1849); United States Marshal (1860); enumerator, United States Census, Mercer County (1860); justice of the peace, Mercer and Butler Counties (20 years); unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Butler County (1875); tax collector, Slippery Rock Township, Butler County; died, July 16, 1890 in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.