From Find a Grave.
Born 1772 in Paoli, Pa.
Died: 25 October 1852 in Chester County, Pa.
Buried Old Saint David's Church Cemetery in Wayne, Pennsylvania. This is where the general is buried as well.
U.S. Congressman. Member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and in 1806. Served in the state senate in 1810.
During the War of 1812, he was a captain in the Pennsylvania cavalry and rose to colonel and command of the 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Unsuccessful as a Federalist candidate for governor in 1814 and elected to the Eighteenth Congress serving from 1823 to 1825.
After his term, he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death.
--Old Secesh
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