Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Barwis, Ebenezer
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


EBENEZER BARWIS merchant tailor, P.O. Morrisville, was born 
in Fallsington, Bucks county, March 28, 1818, and is a son 
of Samuel and Rachel (Lundy) Barwis, natives of Bucks 
county, the former of English and the latter of Scotch 
origin.  Mr. Barwis' maternal grandfather owned a mill at 
Bristol, Pa., and during the war, being a Quaker and 
loyalist, furnished the British with flour, and in 
consequence had his property confiscated by the United 
States government.  His paternal ancestors were among the 
early settlers of Bucks county.  The family have for several 
generations followed tailoring as a rule, but can boast of 
several physicians and clergymen in their ranks.  Mr. 
Barwis' father died when our subject was yet a child.  He 
attended the Friends' school in Fallsington and early in 
life learned the tailor's trade, which he has made the 
business of his life.  He was married in 1842 to Rachel, 
daughter of Jonathan Swain, of English origin, and an early 
settler of Bucks county.  They have seven children now 
living:  Howard S., a tailor; Charles P., a merchant in 
Trenton; Letitia, the wife of Jonathan Hibbs, deceased; 
Alfred C., a merchant; Elmer, a practicing physician in 
Trenton; Richard L., also a tailor; and Theresa C.  The 
first of these children, Howard, enlisted in Philadelphia in 
company G, 119th regiment, Pa. Vols., and served three 
years.  He was wounded at the battle of Winchester September 
19, 1864.  Mr. Barwis is a republican politically.