Biography

1801 - 12/02/1865


OLWINE, Abraham, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1801 in Chester County, Pa.; elected, commissioner, Penn District (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County; elected, Philadelphia County Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1848 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1849 term; reelected to the House for the 1851 term; conveyancer; died, December 2, 1865 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.


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