Biography

12/10/1788 - 11/01/1865

FELTON, John (Johannes) Philip, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 10, 1788 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, Pennsylvania Militia (War of 1812); manufacturer; farmer; engaged, water transportation; appointed, school director, Bristol Township, Philadelphia County (1828-1833, 1837); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in for the 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 terms; reelected to the House for the 1841 and 1842 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1832, 1842); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1840); innkeeper, Feltonville Hotel; died, November 1, 1865 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint James United Methodist Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.