Biography

1781 - 06/06/1860

SITER, Edward, a Representative from Delaware County; born, circa 1781 in Delaware County, Pa.; served, Pennsylvania Calvary (War of 1812); owner, tan-yard, bark and saw mills; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1812, 1813, 1814, 1819); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Senate (1816); proprietor, Spread Eagle tavern; elected as a National Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1829); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Spread Eagle (1832); proprietor, Sister & James & Co., flour and grain merchants (1838-1855); died, June 6, 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.