Hon. John Winebrenner Rife

US Congressman. Born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, He was in the trade of tanner when he enlisted in the Union Army and served with honor during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 94th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he became president of the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad Company, was a member of the Middletown Pennsylvania, City Council (1871, 1877-78) and a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, (1885-86). In 1889, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses, serving until 1893. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his position as president of the Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad Company, until his death at age 61 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

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History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

John W. Rife was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of tanner. Rife enlisted July 15, 1864, as a private in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until honorably discharged on November 6, 1864. He served as a member of the city council of Middletown in 1871, and as burgess of Middletown in 1877 and 1878. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1885 and 1886. He served as president of the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad Co.

Rife was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination. He died in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Interment in Middletown Cemetery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Winebrenner_Rife

• Rife, John W.
• BATTLE UNIT NAME: 194th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (100 days, 1864)
• SIDE: Union
• COMPANY: D
• SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
• SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private
• ALTERNATE NAME:
• John A./Rife
• FILM NUMBER:
• M554 ROLL 102
• PLAQUE NUMBER:
• NOTES:
• General Note - Original filed under John A./Rife