Biography

05/27/1785 - 07/26/1860

LEVERGOOD, Peter, Sr., a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, May 27, 1785 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; farmer; engaged, iron works (1811-1822); engaged, real estate; tanner; engaged, mercantile business; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1819, 1831); elected as an Anti-Mason to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1823-1824 and 1830-1831 terms; elected, delegate, State Anti-Masonic Convention (1832); appointed, commissioner, Pennsylvania Canal (1836-1838); elected, burgess, Johnstown (1845, 1846, 1857); commissioner, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (1846); owner, Johnstown Furnace (1846); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1849); died, July 26, 1860 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lutheran Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; removed to Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.