Biography

07/27/1792 - 07/30/1844

HINKSON, John Engle, a Representative from Delaware County; born, July 27, 1792 in Pennsylvania; farmer; elected, sheriff, Delaware County (1825-1828); elected, director of the poor, Delaware County (1831); elected, recorder of deeds and register of wills, Delaware County (1834-1836); elected as Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1836-1837 term; elected, director of public schools, Delaware County (1842); died, July 30, 1844 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Providence Friends Meeting Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.