10 Facts About Elias Deemer

Elias Deemer was a Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Elias Deemer was engaged in the mercantile business in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and in Philadelphia in 1860.

Elias Deemer moved to Milford, New Jersey, in 1862 and engaged in business.

Elias Deemer served as president of the common council from 1888 to 1890.

Elias Deemer was president of the Williamsport National Bank from 1893 to 1918, and interested in the publication of several newspapers at Williamsport.

Elias Deemer was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention.

Elias Deemer was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906, for election in 1908.

Elias Deemer resumed lumber operations in Pennsylvania, and at Deemer, Mississippi, an unincorporated town he founded, and which was named for him.

Elias Deemer is just south of Philadelphia, Mississippi in Neshoba County.

Elias Deemer died at his home in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on March 29,1918.