Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Atkinson, Charles S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   CHARLES S. ATKINSON manufacturer, P.O. New Hope, was born 
in Buckingham township, and is a son of Mahlon and Sarah H. 
(Smith) Atkinson.  His grandfather was a blacksmith and 
farmer.  His maternal grandfather, Thomas Smith, was a 
farmer and nurseryman at Wrightstown.  Mahlon Atkinson was a 
prominent farmer of Buckingham township, and was born, 
reared and died there.  He had four children:  Charles S., 
Silas (deceased), Howard and A. Jennie (Mrs. Charles H. 
Williams).  Charles S. was educated in the common schools, 
the Millersville Normal school, and Claverack academy, 
Hudson, N. Y.  He engaged in farming, and in 1879 purchased 
the New Hope Agricultural works, which he is now conducting. 
 He located in Solebury township in 1862.  The same year he 
married Matilda M., daughter of Jonathan P. and Mary 
(Watson) Magill.  Her grandparents were Jacob and Rebecca 
(Paxson) Magill. Jacob was a son of John and Mary (Whitson) 
Magill; John, a son of William and Sarah (Simcock) Magill, 
early settlers of this county.  Her maternal grandparents 
were David and Rachel (Twining) Watson.  David was a son of 
Joseph and Rachel (Croasdale) Watson, and Joseph a son of 
Mark and Ann (Sotcher) Watson.  Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson are 
the parents of one child, Mary M.   Mr. Atkinson is a 
prominent citizen, and a member of the Hicksite Society of 
Friends.  Politically he is a republican.