Biography

03/05/1826 - 04/04/1891

Judge Henry Souther (R18) Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties 1856-1858

Early Life:

Judge Henry Southern, born March 5, 1826, Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts; son of Joseph and Hepsie Armisted Souther; Charlestown public school education; Walpole (New Hampshire) Academy; Fryeburg, Maine Academy, 1836-1840; Charlestown, Boston, private schools, 1840-1842; moved, Ridgway, Elk County, 1842; married, Letitia Patterson, 1850 son, John K. Souther; studied law; attorney; Elected, Elk County Treasurer, 1847-1849; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1856-1858; delegate, Pennsylvania, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1860: appointment, Commonwealth Surveyor General, 1861; delegate, Pennsylvania, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1868; appointed, Governor Geary, county judge, Schuylkill County, 1871-1872; moved, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1872-1890; retired, Everett Massachusetts; died, April 4, 1891 (aged 65), dropped dead on the street, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; Interment, Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Elk County Treasurer, 1847-1849.

elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1856-1858.

Delegate, Pennsylvania, Republican National Convention, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 1860.

Appointment, Commonwealth Surveyor General, Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin Curtin, 1861.

Delegate, Pennsylvania, Republican National Convention, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 1868. 

Appointed, Governor John White Geary, county judge, Schuylkill County, 1871-1872.

Legacy: 

Inscription

Front:

HUSBAND

As on thy task-field closed the day

In Golden skiled decline

His angel met thee on the way

and lent his arm to mine

WIFE [unreadable]

Back:

My Beloved Husband

Henry Souther

March 5, 1826 - April 4, 1891

__________

Letitia Souther

September 6, 1830 - June 8, 1897

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

HENRY SOUTHER  Souther (rootsweb.com) 

History of Erie County, volume I (Chicago: Warner, Beers and Company, 1884), page 954.

Obituary Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Massachusetts) April 6, 1891, page 5, c. 3.

Henry Souther (1826-1891) - Find a Grave Memorial