Background
Pershing, Cyrus L. was born on February 3, 1825 in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christopher S. and Elizabeth (Long) Pershing.
Pershing, Cyrus L. was born on February 3, 1825 in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christopher S. and Elizabeth (Long) Pershing.
Master of Arts, Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1848. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Jefferson College.
Candidate for Congress, 1856, 1858. Member Pennsylvania legislature from Cambria County, 1862-1866, inclusive. Candidate for judge Supreme Court, 1869.
President judge courts of Schuylkill County, October 1872, to August 1899.
Resigned; Democratic nominee for government Pennsylvania, 1875. Presided over famous Mollie Maguire trials in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Contributor to law journals of Pennsylvania Address: Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Member Pennsylvania legislature from Cambria County, 1862-1866, inclusive.
Married Mary L. Royer, September 23, 1851.