Amos Slaymaker (March 11, 1755June 21, 1837) was a member of the

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from

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. His younger sister, Faithful, was the mother of the nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister

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Biography

Amos Slaymaker was born at London Lands in Lancaster County in the

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. He built and operated a hotel on the

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. During the Revolutionary War, he served as an ensign in the company of Capt. John Slaymaker. He was a member of an association formed for the suppression of

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activities in

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. He served as justice of the peace of Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania, and county commissioner from 1806 to 1810. He served in the

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in 1810 and 1811. Slaymaker was elected as a

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to the

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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Whitehill. He died in Salisbury in 1837.

References

Retrieved on 2009-03-01
The Political Graveyard

External links

FamilySearch: 1VGK-M29 (Amos Slaymaker)
1755 births 1837 deaths Pennsylvania state senators Continental Army soldiers Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub