Albert G. Egbert was born near
Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and
Grand River Institute in
Austinburg, Ohio. He graduated from the medical department of the
Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856 and then practiced medicine in
Clintonville, Pennsylvania. He moved to
Cherrytree, Pennsylvania, and practiced his profession until 1861, when he retired in order to devote his entire time to the production of
oil and agricultural pursuits. During the
American Civil War, he served as a volunteer
surgeon. Egbert was elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress. He served as chairman of the
United States House Committee on Mileage during this Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1876. He resumed his former business pursuits, and died in
Franklin, Pennsylvania. Interment in Franklin Cemetery. ==References==