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Representative Abraham H. Sells View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 10/23/1928
Birth Place: Ohio
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 24 (1892)
Home County: Clarke
Abraham H. Sells
Clarke County
Born February 6, 1846, in Ohio. He was in the mercantile business for 35 years in Murray, Iowa. When only 17 years of age he enlisted in Company E, 130th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was prominent in all activities of his community serving in the Iowa Senate four years, president of the Murray Commercial club, president of the Murray school board, and superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school. He moved to Ontario, California about 13 years before his death. He was married in 1871 to Miss Alice N. Funkhauser. He was a Republican in politics.
Sources:
House District 15
Committees
24th GA (1892)
Legislation Sponsored
24th GA (1892)