Biography

1779 - 04/06/1853

HILANDS, Robert, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, circa 1779 in Pennsylvania; farmer; elected, commissioner, Allegheny County (1814-1816); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1834); unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Allegheny County (1839); died, April 6, 1853 in Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hiland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Perrysville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.