Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Afflerbach, John H., Capt.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Haycock Township


CAPTAIN JOHN H. AFFLERBACH farmer, P.O. Keller's Church, was 
born in this township in 1840.  His grandfather married 
Dorothy Stoneback, who was the mother of thirteen children.  
Abraham was the seventh child.  He married Magdalene 
Bibighaus and had four children, of whom John is the only 
one living.  He was raised on the farm, and received a good 
public school education.  He was married in 1868 to Abbie, 
daughter of John and Catherine (Kramer) Fulmer, of Bucks 
county.  Four children were the result of this marriage:  
Anna Mary (deceased), John Franklin, Abraham Lewis and Emma. 
 Mr. Afflerbach was drafted in 1862 as a private, and was 
promoted to the rank of captain, being in the service nine 
months, through Washington, Virginia, and the Carolinas.  
After his return from the war he, in the spring of 1864, 
engaged in mercantile pursuits for nine years, six of which 
were spent in conducting the general store at 
Bedminsterville, where during this time a large and 
lucrative business was established.  Retiring in the spring 
of 1873, he moved to the farm on which he now resides.  He 
owns sixty-one acres of land, nearly all of which is under a 
good state of cultivation.  He and his family are members of 
the German Reformed church.  In politics he is a democrat.