Biography

08/05/1806 - 05/22/1897

Judge Adam Ebaugh (D17) York County 1844-1846

Early Life:

Judge Adam Ebaugh, born August 5, 1806, York County, Pennsylvania; son of John Jacob and Sarah (Flowers) Ebaugh, public education; managed the family farm and mill; married, Willie E. Bosley, 1833 (d. 1834), married, Elizabeth Anstine, 1837; children, John H Ebaugh, William Calhoun Ebaugh, Sarah A Ebaugh Gessford, Mary Ebaugh Grove, Isabella A. Ebaugh Hunter, Adam Benjamin Ebaugh, Lillian Ebaugh Connelly; drum-major, 67th Pennsylvania Militia, seven years; elected, lieutenant, Shrewsbury Jackson Grays; captain, Mechanicsburg Rifles, twelve years; active service, called out, suppress, Philadelphia Riots, 1843; appointed, justice of the peace, 1834; elected, assessor, Hopewell Township, 1837; school director, Hopewell Township, sixteen years; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1841-1842; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1844-1846; appointed, Governor Bigler agent, York and Cumberland Railroad, six years; elected, associate judge, York County, 1856-1866; died, May 22, 1897 (aged 90 Years, 9 months and 18 days), Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, justice of the peace, 1834. 

Elected, assessor, Hopewell Township, 1837; school director, Hopewell Township, sixteen years. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1841-1842. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, York County, 1844-1846.

Appointed, Agent, Governor Bigler York and Cumberland Railroad, six years. 

Elected, associate judge, York County, 1856-1866.

He served just under two-dozen county Democratic conventions, five state Democrat Conventions.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) Monday, May 24, 1897, page 7.

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