Biography

03/25/1790 - 08/29/1860


WILL, Peter, a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, March 25, 1790 in Berks County, Pa.; farmer; engaged, real estate; unsuccessful campaign, coroner, Somerset County (1819); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1821); elected as an Anti-Mason to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1834-1835 term; died, August 29, 1860 in Somerset Township, Jackson County, Illinois; interred, Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois.


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