John Brisban Rutherford

Rutherford was born in Swatara Township on November 28, 1805, to Samuel and Elizabeth Rutherford in the settlement of Paxton although, his estate is now part of Harrisburg.^[1][2][3] Rutherford worked for the First National Bank of Hummelstown before inheriting his family farm in 1833 and then being elected the captain of the 98th Pennsylvania Militia Regiment in 1835, better known as the Dauphin Cavalry.^[2][3] He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Whig in 1848, and won re-election in 1849.^[3][1][2] Rutherford would be elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate as a Republican from 1858 to 1860.^[3][1][2] After retiring from politics he served as the treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society.^[3][1][2] Rutherford died on October 10, 1892, in Paxton and is buried in the Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard.^[1][2]

John Brisban Rutherford was married to Keziah née Parke and the couple had three kids: Jennie Rutherford Dickey, Samuel Parke Rutherford, and K. Virginia Rutherford.^[2]