{{Short description|American politician (1810–1897)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Abel Darlington | image = | alt = | caption = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = Chester County | term_start = 1870 | term_end = 1870 | predecessor = James M. Phillips, Stephen M. Meredith, Archimedes Robb | successor = Joseph C. Keech, Levi Prizer, Samuel H. Hoopes | alongside = James C. Roberts and Joseph C. Keech | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1810|2|22}} | birth_place = Westtown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|1||1810|2|22}} | death_place = Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | resting_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Abel Darlington''' (February 22, 1810 – January 1897) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1870.
==Formative years== Abel Darlington was born on February 22, 1810, in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania.<ref name="pa">{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7507 |title=Abel Darlington |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>
==Career== Darlington was a farmer.<ref name="pa"/> He was elected as justice of the peace and served from 1853 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1890.<ref name="pa"/>
Darlington was a Republican. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1870.<ref name="pa"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=441 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-26}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Death and interment== Darlington died on January 26 or 27, 1897, at his home in Pocopson Township.<ref name="pa"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times-death-of-abel-dar/137410492/ |title=Death of Abel Darlington |date=1897-01-28 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Times |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-26}}{{Open access}}</ref>
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