Biography

01/17/1791 - 01/06/1871

BANKS, Ephraim, a Representative from Mifflin County; born, January 17, 1791 in Mifflin County, Pa.; merchant (1812-1814); tavern keeper, Mifflintown (1816); appointed, prothonotary and clerk of the courts, Mifflin County (1818-1821); lawyer (1822-1866); clerk to the commissioners, Mifflin County (1822-1826); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829, 1829-1830 and 1830-1831 session; elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); elected, Pennsylvania Auditor General (1851-1857); board of trustees, Lafayette College; elected, associate judge, Mifflin County (1866-1871); died, January 6, 1871 in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Rock Cemetery, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.