Biography

06/20/1823 - 01/17/1883

MYLERT, Michael, a Representative from Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties; born, June 20, 1823 in Susquehanna County, Pa.; attended, Montrose Academy; attended, Friendsville Academy; teacher; canal and civil engineer; land surveyor; land agent; proprietor, Laporte Hotel; owner, tannery; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representative for the 1852 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1853 term; publisher (1852-1872) and editor (1852-1876), The Sullivan Democrat; engaged, real estate; vice president, Susquehanna and Lackawanna Railroad Company (1853); member, Sullivan County Democratic Committee; president, Muncy Creek Railroad; died, January 17, 1883 in Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mountain Ash Cemetery, Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.