Born in East Coventry, Chester County, PA, Eli Slifer served as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from 1850 to 1851 and as a state senator from 1852 to 1854. In 1855, he was elected Treasurer of the Commonwealth; a second term beginning in 1860 was interrupted when Governor Andrew Curtin asked him to serve as Secretary of the Commonwealth for the duration of the Civil War. He was killed when he was thrown from his carriage after the horses bolted as a train passed under the PA Railroad bridge they were traveling across.
Born in East Coventry, Chester County, PA, Eli Slifer served as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from 1850 to 1851 and as a state senator from 1852 to 1854. In 1855, he was elected Treasurer of the Commonwealth; a second term beginning in 1860 was interrupted when Governor Andrew Curtin asked him to serve as Secretary of the Commonwealth for the duration of the Civil War. He was killed when he was thrown from his carriage after the horses bolted as a train passed under the PA Railroad bridge they were traveling across.
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Engraving on stone is Eli & Catherine Slifer
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