- John Alexander Ahl
John Alexander Ahl (
August 16 ,1813 -April 25 ,1882 ) was a surgeon, real estate developer, paper mill and iron furnace operator, railroad executive andUnited States Congressman fromPennsylvania . He was born inStrasburg, Pennsylvania in 1813.He studied medicine at the University of Maryland, and graduated in 1832. He moved to
Centerville, Pennsylvania , where he practiced medicine through 1856. That year, he began in the real estate business, bought a paper mill inNewville, Pennsylvania , and served as a delegate to the1856 Democratic National Convention inCincinnati . He was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1857, leaving upon the completion of his first term. He then manufactured paper and operated an iron furnace in Antietam,Maryland . He also served as the planner and the major builder of the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad. He died in Newville in 1882, and is buried in Big Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.References
*"Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896." Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html The Political Graveyard]
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