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


JOSEPH S. ATKINSON farmer, P.O. Lahaska, was born in 
Buckingham township August 19, 1823, and is a son of Thomas 
and Jane (Smith) Atkinson.  His paternal grandparents were 
Thomas and Sarah (Smith) Atkinson.  Thomas Atkinson was a 
son of Thomas and Mary (Wildman) Atkinson and a grandson of 
John Atkinson, a native of England and a pioneer of 
Wrightstown.  The maternal grandparents of our subject were 
Thomas and Eleanor (Smith).  Thomas Atkinson, grandfather of 
Joseph S., was a farmer of Wrightstown, and had six 
children:  Jonathan, Timothy, Thomas, Mahlon, Sarah, and 
Mary.  Of these Thomas was a blacksmith by trade, and after 
his marriage settled in Buckingham, residing there until his 
death.  His children who lived to maturity were:  Mahlon, 
Mary, Martha, Joseph S., Sarah J., and Ogborn. Joseph S. was 
reared in Buckingham, and is a leading and prominent farmer. 
 His wife was Eliza, daughter of William and Margery (Kirk) 
Hibbs, of Buckingham, by whom he had four children:  
William, Thomas, Mary and Albert.