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   History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887.

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                                        Chapter XXXI

                                 Biographical Sketches - Falls

                                        pp. 900-925

  LEWIS ANDERSON
  hotel-keeper, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Mercer county, N. J., June 1,
  1840, being a son of John and Margaret (Hawk) Anderson, natives of New Jersey and of
  English and German descent.  His father was a wheel-wright and had a family of fourteen
  children, of whom Lewis was the fifth.  He was reared in Mercer county, where he attended
  the common schools.  In early life he learned carriage painting as a trade and followed
  that until 1871, when he embarked in the hotel business at Windsor, N. J., where he
  continued with success until he was induced to come to Morrisville and take the Robert
  Morris hotel in 1882.  His prompt attention to all the details of the hotel, and also to
  the wants of his customers, insures him a liberal patronage.  He was married in Mercer
  county, N. J., August 7, 1862, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Arthur R. and Ann Eliza (Hill)
  Howell.  Her parents were of German origin.  Their children are:  Arthur H., who is
  employed in the rubber mill, and Ella.  Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Baptist church,
  and her daughter of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. Anderson is a member of the
  Knights of Pythias and an Odd Fellow.  In politics he is a republican.
  
  WILLIAM BALDERSTON
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born on the farm where he now resides,
  January 28, 1841.  His father, John B., was also born here in 1802, and was a son of Mark
  Balderston, who settled on the farm, being among the earliest settlers in Bucks county. 
  The family have usually followed farming.  They were also all members of the Society of
  Friends.  John B., father of our subject, married Letitia Cadwallader.  The Balderston
  family is of English origin the first of the name to come to America being John
  Balderston, in 1727.  Our subject was the youngest of five children. He was reared on the
  farm and attended the Friends' school in Chester county.  He chose farming as the business
  of his life, and has followed it with success.  He married Sarah W. Brown, daughter of G.
  W. and A. E. (Pitfield) Brown, her mother a native of Philadelphia, and her father of
  Bucks county.  The family were English Quakers, the original settler having come to
  Pennsylvania in 1676.  Mr. and Mrs. Balderston have two children, George W. and William
  Henry.  The family are members of the Society of Friends.
  
  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.
  
  CHARLES D. BEANS
   merchant, P.O. Fallsington, was born in Lower Makefield township, Bucks
  county, April 11, 1827, being a son of Charles and Sarah (Buckman) Beans, natives of
  Bucks county, and of English and Welsh descent.  His father was a tailor in early life and
  carried on business in this county for many years.  He died in Fallsington in 1875. 
  Charles D. is the youngest in a family of six children.  He was reared on the farm,
  attended school in Bucks county, and chose farming as his business, following it with
  success until 1872, when he went to Philadelphia and engaged in the produce commission
  business for three years.  In 1875 he came to Fallsington and engaged as a salesman in a
  store until 1882, when he bought the stock and continued the business.  He keeps a
  general line of merchandise and has a good trade.  He is a liberal, high-minded
  gentleman, deserving of success.  He was married in 1851 to Mary T., daughter of Josiah
  and Rachel (Cadwalader) Comfort.  They were members of the Society of Friends, and of
  English origin.  They have two children:  William, who is married, and follows farming;
  and Edward B., clerk in a store.  Mr. Beans is a republican.
  
  JOHN R. BREECE
  merchant, P.O. Penn Valley, son of Garrett and Catharine (Rosegrant)
  Breece, was born in New Jersey June 16, 1853.  His parents were born in New Jersey and
  were of German and English descent.  His father was a carpenter, and had three children
  that lived to maturity.  Our subject was the second child.  He was brought up in New
  Jersey and attended the public schools of New Brunswick in that state.  He became a
  carpenter and followed that business for ten years.  He came to Bucks county in 1884 and
  embarked in his present business near Penn Valley.  He keeps a general country store, and
  by fair dealing and polite attention to his customers has built up an excellent business,
  in which he is assisted by his wife.  He was married in New Jersey April 2, 1874, to
  Harriet, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Shann) Weir.  They have one adopted child, Thomas
  W.   Mrs. Breece is a member of the Baptist church.  Mr. Breece is a republican.
  
  BENJAMIN BRIGGS
  farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Penn's Manor, Falls township,
  September 21, 1826.  He is a son of John and Sarah (White) Briggs.  His father, a native
  of New Jersey, and of English descent, spent most of his life in Falls township as a
  farmer, in which business he achieved a marked success; and died November 22, 1858.  His
  mother was born in Bucks county and was of Dutch descent.  The family consisted of four
  children:  Mary, who died in 1845; Amos, attorney-at-law and ex-president judge of
  Philadelphia; Benjamin, our subject, and Sarah Ann.  Benjamin Briggs received a
  common-school education, has made farming and dealing in cattle his business, and has
  made it successful.  He was married December 9, 1879.  In 1882 he married Julia Elma,
  sister of his former wife.  Her parents were members of the Society of Friends.
  
  JOHN BROOKS
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, son of Jesse and Jane (Girton) Brooks, was born in
  this township August 6, 1819, his ancestors being among the early English and German
  settlers of this state.  His father was a carpenter by trade and later a farmer.  John
  Brooks was the third of a family of five children.  He was reared on the farm, attended
  school in Fallsington and Oxford Valley, and learned the shoemaker's trade.  He has made
  farming his principal occupation and owns a beautiful place on the banks of the Delaware,
  near William Penn's old farm.  He devotes considerable time to fishing, which he makes a
  source of profit and pleasure, employing sometimes as many as twenty-four men.  He
  started in life poor, but by perseverance and judicious management has accumulated a
  goodly share of this world's goods.  His success is in no small degree due to the
  excellent household management of his wife, Elizabeth, whom he married in 1841.  She was
  a daughter of John and Martha (Headley) Weaymans, both natives of this county and of
  English origin.  Their children are:  John, born December 1, 1842; George Elwood, born
  February 7, 1850, and Edward, born January 15, 1856.  Mr. Brooks is a republican.
  
  EDWARD BROWN
  farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Fallsington, son of Joseph and Phebe
  (Stackhouse) Brown, was born in Fallsington, March 17, 1855.  His ancestors were among
  the early settlers.  He is a descendant of  General Brown, of revolutionary fame.  His
  father was a farmer and is living a retired life in Fallsington.  Edward attended school
  at Fallsington and college at Trenton, N. J., two years.  In 1880 he was married in
  Penn's Manor to Ida A., daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Headley) Wright, both natives
  of this county and of English descent.  They have one child, Harry J.  In politics Mr.
  Brown is a republican.
  
  CHARLES BUCKMAN
  farmer and stock grower, P.O. Penn Valley, son of Spencer W. and Sarah A.
  (Williamson) Buckman, was born in Falls township July 15, 1842.  His parents were of
  English and Scotch origin.  His father was a farmer and resides in Fallsington.  He had
  five children, four of whom are living.  Charles, the oldest son, was reared on the farm
  and attended school in this township and at Mount Holly, N. J.  He devotes his time to
  agricultural pursuits, and has been successful in business.  In 1867 he was married to
  Henrietta, daughter of John and Hannah (Green) Anderson.  Their children are:  William
  A., Spencer W., Eugene, Anna M., George, Ida, Sallie and Mabel.  Mr. and Mrs. Buckman are
  members of the Society of Friends and he is a republican.
  
  WALLACE BUCKMAN
  farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born April 26, 1845, in the house where he
  now resides, in Falls township, Bucks county.  This house was built by his grandfather in
  1799.  He is a son of Spencer Buckman, who was born in Newtown township.  His mother was
  Sarah Ann Williamson, her parents being natives of Bucks county and of English descent. 
  Wallace was the fourth of a family of five children, four of whom are now living.  He was
  reared on a farm, attending the common schools and also a boarding school at
  Carversville.  He chose farming as a business and has followed that until the present
  time.  He was married in 1868 to Elizabeth M., daughter of Nathaniel and Jane (Atchley)
  Hart, natives of New Jersey and of English descent.  They have two children:  E. H. and
  Williamson.  Mr. Buckman is a republican politically.
  
  ELWOOD BURTON
  merchant, P.O. Tullytown, is the youngest son and child of Anthony and Mary
  (Headley) Burton, and was born on the old homestead farm near Tullytown, February 28,
  1836.  He attended the public schools and finished his education at the Langhorne
  academy.  He immediately entered the store of his brother-in-law, J. W. Paxson, at
  Tullytown, as clerk.  He continued in that capacity until he was 21 years of age, when,
  with his brother John, he purchased the business.  Two years later Elwood purchased his
  brother's interest and has since conducted the business alone.  He is a director of the
  Farmers' National bank, at Bristol, and has held that position since 1874.  He is also a
  director of the Bristol Improvement company, and director of the Bristol Rolling Mill
  company.  Mr. Burton is a man of more than ordinary business ability, and has often been
  called upon to act in the capacity of executor and administrator.  He is plain and
  unassuming in manner and stands high in the estimation of his friends.  He is a member of
  the Society of Friends. September 8, 1859, he was married to Anna H., daughter of John W.
  and Phoebe (Brown) Bailey.  She was born in Falls township.  Four children have been born
  to this union:  Ida C., John, Jr., Raymond A. and Lillian C.
  
  JONATHAN BURTON
  deceased, was a prominent farmer in Falls township, and was born in the
  township November 23, 1808.  He was a son of John and Phoebe (Carlisle) Burton, natives
  of Bucks county and of English descent, his ancestors on both sides being among the
  earliest settlers of Pennsylvania.  He attended the old-fashioned subscription schools in
  Falls township and devoted his life to farming.  He was married in 1832 to Mary B.,
  daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Vandergrift) La Rue.  Her parents were natives of Bucks
  county and of German and French origin.  She was born January 1, 1807, and is still
  living.  Jonathan Burton died August 28, 1868, and was highly respected by all who knew
  him.  Their children were:  John A., an attorney in Philadelphia; Elizabeth, L., Adaline,
  wife of John Stackhouse of Philadelphia; Anthony and Theodore F.  They were members of the
  Society of Friends.  Mr. Burton was a republican, and took a deep interest in the schools,
  having served as a school director.  He was of the fifth generation of Burtons in Bucks
  county.
  
  ADEN CARVER
  farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born in Buckingham township, this county,
  January 4, 1829.  His parents were John and Mary (Martendell) Carver.  The former was a
  native of this county and a direct descendant of John Carver, the governor of the
  Pilgrims in the Mayflower.  He was a farmer, and had a family of sixteen children, of whom
  fourteen grew to maturity, were married and reared families.  He died in Buckingham
  township at the age of 76 and his wife at the age of 91.  She was of Scotch descent and
  was born in New Jersey.  Aden, the fourteenth child, was educated in the schools of his
  native township and became a farmer, in which vocation he has been uniformly
  successful.  In 1850 he was marred to Sarah V., daughter of Charles and Sarah (Vansant)
  Howell.  She is of French origin.  The children of this union now living are:  Charles
  H., Mary A., wife of George Miller, of New Jersey; Eseck H., Ida V. and Laura R.   Eseck
  is a graduate of Millersville Normal school.  He taught school five years, served as
  chief pension examiner, and is at present studying law in Washington, D. C.  Ida is a
  graduate of Trenton Normal school and has taught school seven years, and at present is a
  pupil in the Bellevue training school for nurses, New York.  Mr. Carver and his two sons
  have been staunch workers for the republican cause.
  
  CHARLES H. CARVER
  farmer and dairyman, P.O. Fallsington, was born near Doylestown, Bucks
  county, September 11, 1851, and is a son of Aden and Sarah V. (Howell) Carver, the latter
  a native of New Jersey, and the former of Bucks county.  They were of English origin.  His
  father is a farmer and now resides in Falls township.  His family consists of two sons and
  three daughters.  Charles H. is the eldest son, and was reared on the farm in Bucks
  county.  He attended the district school, and has made farming his business.  He has also
  been engaged in the milk business, and has met with success.  He was married in 1873 to
  Anna Mary, daughter of George Bailey, she being of English origin.  They have two
  children, Anna B. and Rachel.  Mrs. Carver is a graduate of Millersville Normal school,
  and has taught school for about five years, and a part of that time in Fallsington
  Grammar school.  Mr. Carver is a republican.
  
  JOHN E. CASE
  physician, P.O. Morrisville, son of Alexander J. and Letitia E. (Carver)
  Case, was born in Buckingham township, Bucks county, January 2, 1831.  He taught school
  early in life, was graduated from the medical department of the University of
  Pennsylvania in1854, and is in active practice in southern Bucks county at the present
  time (1887).
  
  WILLIAM COOPER
  retired farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Bensalem township, this
  county, February 25, 1823, and is a son of David and Ann (Dowdney) Cooper, both of whom
  were natives of this county and of English descent.  His father was a shoemaker.  William
  was the fourth in a family of seven children.  He attended school in his native place and
  afterward in Middletown township, his parents moving to the latter place when he was a
  child.  He learned the miller's trade and followed it for eighteen years.  In 1860 he
  bought a farm in Falls township and made farming his business until 1875, when he
  retired.  His first wife was Louisa, daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Wright) Headley.  She
  died in 1860.  By her he had eight children:  Caroline, wife of Stokes Mason; Samuel, who
  married Sara, daughter of William Flowers; Mary Ann, single; Harriet E., wife of Warren
  J. Lecompt; Frank, who died at the age of fourteen; William Henry, who married Mary A.,
  daughter of James Fabian; Joshua H., who married Eliza, daughter of J. B. Wright; and
  David B., who married Lillie, daughter of Joseph Stackhouse.  Our subject's present wife
  is Jane B., daughter of Thomas and Rachel S. (Skelton) Cooper.  In politics Mr. Cooper is
  a republican.
  
  WILLIAM PENN CROZER
  farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born May 24, 1827, in William Penn's
  brew-house, on the William Penn farm, in Penn's Manor, Bucks county.  He is a son of
  Robert Crozer, who was also born in Penn's brew-house.  The Penn farm has been in
  possession of the Crozer family for over one hundred years.   His mother was Grace
  Wright, a native of Bucks county.  Both his ancestors were among the earliest English
  settlers and belonged to the Society of Friends.  The family originally came from France,
  and in 1712 went to Scotland.  Five brothers came to Philadelphia in 1723.  The male
  members of the family have usually followed farming.  Robert Crozer died in 1866, and was
  the father of nine children.  Our subject attended school in his native township, also at
  Burlington and near Philadelphia, and chose farming as his occupation.  He was married in
  1854 to Margaret B. Longshore, by whom he had:  Ellen (deceased) and Margaretta B., wife
  of James Watson.  His wife died in 1857 and he was again married in 1861 to Anna Mary,
  daughter of Daniel Moon.  This lady is of English descent.  They have one child, Mercy
  M., wife of Eugene Wink.  Mr. and Mrs. Crozer are both members of the Society of
  Friends.  He is a republican politically.
  
  WILLIAM H. GILKYSON
  merchant, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Edgewood, Bucks county,
  September 30, 1856, and is a son of Amos and Ellen (Howell) Gilkyson, the former a native
  of this county and of Irish descent.  His mother was born in New Jersey and was of English
  origin.  His father was a mason and a contractor and builder, but has retired from
  business, and resides in Philadelphia.  Our subject is the youngest of a family of four
  children.  He was reared in this county, attending the common schools here, and also the
  commercial college at Trenton, N. J., where he graduated in 1874.  He then clerked in a
  store for one year, subsequently studied telegraphy and followed that as a business for
  two years and a half on the Pennsylvania railroad, on the New York division.  In 1880 he
  came to Morrisville, and in 1885 embarked in his present business.  He is a democrat in
  politics and has been postmaster since 1885.  He has a good trade and his success is due
  to his own exertions.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Trenton, N. J.
  
  JESSE K. HARPER
  retired farmer, P.O. Fallsington, is a son of William and Phoebe (Kelley)
  Harper, and was born in Fallsington, February 15, 1815.  His parents were of Scotch
  descent and natives of this county.  His father was a wheel-wright and afterward a
  farmer.  Of ten children Jesse K. is the only one living.  He was next to the youngest
  child.  He obtained his education in the schools of his native county and at the age of
  17 began learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1840.  He then followed
  farming until 1844, when he embarked in the dry goods and grocery business at
  Fallsington.  He gave up this business in 1849, and has since devoted his time to
  farming, in which business he has been successful.  He was married in 1840 to Sarah K.,
  daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Cabeen) Headly; Benjamin was of Scotch descent and his
  wife was Irish.  Their children are:  Elizabeth, wife of William Johnson; George W.,
  Maria, Ruth Cooper, Phoebe Anna, wife of Edward Delany; Mary Martha, wife of Edward H.
  Croasdale; Rachel H., wife of F. B. Croasdale; Elmire H., wife of William H. Atkinson,
  and Headly B., married to Ida Williamson.  In politics Mr. Harper is a republican.
  
  MAHLON K. HENDRICKSON
  farmer and dairyman, P.O. Morrisville, was born in New Jersey,
  January 23, 1843.  His father, Jehu Hendrickson, was born in New Jersey, came to Bucks
  county in 1852, followed the business of farming, and died May 9, 1874.  His mother's
  maiden name was Margaretta Yardley and she was a native of this county.  Mahlon K. is the
  fourth child of a family of five children.  He attended school at Morrisville and the
  academy at Trenton.  The dairy business was established by his father and he has followed
  it in connection with the farm since 1860.  He was married, October 14, 1869, to Rachel,
  daughter of William and Rebecca (Heaton) Scattergood, both natives of New Jersey and of
  English descent.  Their children are:  Louisa, Margaretta, Rebecca and Mary.  Mr.
  Hendrickson and family are members of the Society of Friends.  In politics he is a
  republican.  His farm contains one hundred and seven acres.
  
  JOSEPH S. HIBBS
  farmer and veterinary surgeon, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Falls
  township, Bucks county, June 13, 1831, and is a son of Joshua F. and Sarah (Stockton)
  Hibbs.  They were natives of Lower Makefield township, but spent most of their lives in
  Falls township.  His father was a farmer and was the father of four children, of whom
  Joseph S. was the second.  He was reared on the farm, receiving his earliest education in
  the common schools, subsequently attending school in Trenton.  He has made farming his
  main business, but has spent considerable time as a veterinary surgeon.  Financially he
  has been successful, and is the owner of a well-improved farm consisting of one hundred
  and seventeen acres of land.  He was married in 1855 to Miss Eliza, daughter of George
  and Hannah (Healey) Dennis.  This union has been blessed with eight children:  George D.,
  deceased; Ella M., deceased; Frank W., farming; Albert S., Laura D., Chrissie S., Anna W.,
  and Addie K.   Mrs. Hibbs is a member of the Society of Friends.  Mr. Hibbs is a
  republican.
  
  WILLIAM G. HOWELL
  merchant miller, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Trenton, N. J., June 17,
  1844, and is a son of James and Adaline (Gillingham) Howell, the latter a native of
  Morrisville, and of Scotch origin.  James Howell, father of William G., was born in New
  Jersey and was of German origin.  He was a cooper in his early life, but later on was a
  merchant.  William G. is the second son of a family of six children.  He was reared in
  Trenton, N. J., where he attended school.   Early in life he was employed as a salesman
  in a dry goods store, and subsequently was employed as a bookkeeper in Trenton for six
  years.  He then embarked in mercantile pursuits and did business in Trenton for six
  years.  In 1870 he embarked in his present business in Trenton, N. J.   He is now a
  member of the firm of Howell & Sons, merchant millers, doing business in Morrisville and
  Trenton, N. J.  He was married in Trenton, in October, 1869, to Susanna, daughter of
  Charles Worthington, who is of English origin.  Their children are:  Marion, Walter,
  Mabel, Thirzia, and Gershom.  Mr. and Mrs. Howell are members of the Baptist church, of
  which he has been a trustee.  Mr. Howell served two terms as member of the town council
  in Trenton, and is now a director of the Broad Street National bank and is a member of
  the Masons and the I. O. O. F.   He is a democrat politically.
  
  STEPHEN W. ISAACS
  farmer and miller, P.O. Bristol, was born in Cecil county, Maryland,
  February 22, 1852, and is a son of Lewis S. and Mary Ellen (Jeanes) Isaacs, the father a
  native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Wisconsin.  They were of German and English
  descent.  His father was a coach maker, and carried on business for twenty-five years in
  Chester county and at New London.  His family consisted of five children, all of whom
  grew to maturity.  Stephen is the oldest.  He was reared in Pennsylvania, and attended
  the common schools in Chester county.  His earliest work was with his father at
  coach-making.  He subsequently learned the miller's trade at Plymouth, Montgomery county,
  and worked for a time at that, after which he went on the railroad for a short time.  He
  then went west and again worked at milling, which has been his main business.  In 1871 he
  bought his present farm and mill in Falls township, and since 1880 has run the farm and
  mill.  He was married in 1877 to Harriet, daughter of James C. King.  She is of English
  descent.  They have one child, Lizzie May.  Mr. Isaacs is a member of the I. O. O. F. and
  is a republican.
  
  EDWARD S. KIRKBRIDE
  Penn's Manor, farmer and seed-grower, P.O. Morrisville, was born in
  Columbia, Boone county, Missouri, in the year 1852.  He is a son of Jonathan and Mary W.
  Kirkbride, both natives of Bucks county, descendants of Joseph Kirkbride, who came to
  America with William Penn in 1682, and was one of the earliest settlers of this county. 
  The father of our subject went to Missouri when 20 years of age, and was a merchant in
  Columbia forty years, when he retired from business and removed with his family to
  Philadelphia.  Edward S. was a clerk in the commission house of C. G. & W. M. Baugh,
  Market street, Philadelphia, for several years.  In 1877, he preferring the country, his
  father purchased for him the farm on which he resides, and he engaged in farming and
  seed-growing with success.  In 1878 he married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah
  (Parsons) Robbins, of same place.  They have one daughter, Mary Maud.  He is a republican
  in politics.
  
  THOMAS STORY KIRKBRIDE
  was born near Morrisville, in Bucks county, July 31, 1809, and was
  a son of John and Elizabeth (Story) Kirkbride, the latter a daughter of Thomas and Rachel
  Story, of Newtown township, this county.  The Kirkbrides were Friends, and came from the
  parish of Kirkbride, county of Cumberland, England, with William Penn.  The subject of
  this sketch, after attending the schools in the neighborhood of his birthplace, spent
  several years at school in Trenton, N. J., under the charge of Rev. Jared D. Fyler, and
  subsequently passed one year in the study of mathematics with Prof. John Gummere, at
  Burlington, N. J.  In the spring of 1828 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Nicholas
  Belleville, of Trenton.  He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in March,
  1832, and became resident physician at the Friends' asylum for the insane, remaining in
  that position for one year.  In 1833 he was elected resident physician to the
  Pennsylvania hospital, where he spent two years.  In 1835 he began practice in
  Philadelphia, giving special attention to surgery.  In 1839 he married Ann West, daughter
  of Joseph R. Jenks, a well-known merchant of Philadelphia.  She died in 1862, leaving a
  son and daughter.  October 12, 1840, Dr. Kirkbride was elected physician-in-chief and
  superintendent of the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane, and removed to the mansion
  house on the hospital premises, where he continued to reside until his death, which
  occurred December 16, 1883.  It is impossible, in this brief sketch, to enumerate the
  many excellent qualities of Dr. Kirkbride.  He was pre-eminently fitted for the position
  he held so long.  With a heart full of zeal in his great work, a nature full of sympathy
  for human affliction, and a keen insight into the needs of the patients placed under his
  care, his success was remarkable and his usefulness hard to over-estimate.
  
  HENRY LOVETT
  railroad section foreman, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Falls township,
  February 28, 1830.  His parents, Joseph and Susan (Rue) Lovett, were natives of Bucks
  county and of English origin.  His father was a shoemaker in early life and afterward a
  farmer.  He died in 1840 in Falls township, where he lived for many years.  The subject
  of this sketch is the seventh of a family of ten children, all of whom grew to
  maturity.  Henry was reared in Falls township and attended the district school.  He
  learned the carpenter's trade, which business he followed until 1881.  Since then he has
  been in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company as section foreman at
  Tullytown.  He is a democrat and is a member of the Knights of Pythias.  He has been
  successful in life and is the owner of a farm in Falls township.  His ancestors were
  members of the Society of Friends.  He has held the office of justice of the peace, and
  is notary public at the present time.  He is president of the board of directors of the
  William Penn building association, and of the board of trustees of the Tullytown cemetery.
  
  HERMAN LOVETT
  deceased, was born where his widow now resides in Morrisville, in the house
  built by Robert Morris, who is well known in history.  The date of his birth is August 25,
  1846, and he was a son of Hon. John H. and Charlotte (Mershon) Lovett, both natives of
  Bucks county and of English and French origin.  The Lovett family were among the first
  settlers of the county.  His father was a prominent man and served as a member of the
  Pennsylvania legislature.  Herman was the youngest of two children.  He was highly
  respected, and took an active interest in the affairs of Morrisville and Bucks county. 
  August 3, 1870, he was married in Trenton to Miss Nancie, daughter of David and Anna
  (Duncan) Boyd, who were of Scotch origin, her father being a blacksmith.  They had no
  children of their own, but have brought up two:  John F. Richards, who is now a clerk in
  the office of the superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad company; and Anna B.
  Richards, who resides with the widow, now Mrs. Young.  Mr. Lovett died in 1872 and his
  widow was married to John S. Young, who died within three months after their marriage. 
  He was a native of Canada.  Mr. Lovett was a democrat.
  
  JOAB C. MERSHON
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born on Biles Island, Falls township,
  December 9, 1824.  He is a son of D. S. Mershon, a native of New Jersey, of French
  descent, and his wife, Mary Smith, a native of this county, of Dutch descent.  His father
  was in early life a riverman and afterward a farmer.  Most of his life was spent in this
  county.  He had six children, four of whom are deceased.  Joab C., the fourth child, was
  reared on the farm, received a common-school education, and has made farming the
  occupation of his life.  He is the owner of one hundred and ninety-six acres in one farm
  and fifty in another.  In 1850 he married Rosanna, daughter of Jeremiah Richardson. 
  Their children are:  Sarah C., wife of John W. Brooks, Jr.; William C., married to Jennie
  P. Blake; Mary S., wife of George C. Brooks; and D. S., married to Anna Crozer.  Mr.
  Mershon is a member of the I. O. O. F.  In politics he is a republican and he is
  supervisor of Falls township.  He has six grandchildren living.
  
  THE MORRIS FAMILY
  is one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania, and is of Welsh
  origin.  Anthony Morris, the first married Elizabeth Senior.  He was a captain of a
  merchant ship and lived in London.  He was lost at sea on a voyage to Barbadoes, leaving
  one son, Anthony, the second, born at St. Dunstans Stepney, of London, August 23, 1654,
  and who came to Philadelphia in 1683.  He was judge of the provincial court from 1694 to
  1699.  In 1704 he was mayor of Philadelphia.  He married Mary Jones and died in 1721. 
  Their son, Anthony, was a man of character and ability.  He was at one time a member of
  the provincial assembly, and in 1739 was mayor Philadelphia.  He married Phoebe Guest,
  and died in 1762.  His son Anthony Morris, the third, was born in Philadelphia in 1705,
  and married Sarah Powel.  He owned a large brewery on Morris' alley.  He was a prominent
  citizen and died in 1780.  His son, Captain Samuel Morris, was born in Philadelphia June
  23, 1734.  He was governor of the Schuylkill fishing company of the state in Schuylkill,
  an institution founded in 1732 by a few choice spirits, who, under the mock forms of the
  state, with governor and other officers, met at stated periods of the year at the castle
  in Schuylkill, on the spot now known as "Eagles' Field," to fish and dine together on the
  product of their sport.  He was elected governor in 1776 and annually re-elected until his
  death in 1812.  He was an active member of the Gloucester Fox Hunting club, of which he
  was president for some unascertained period prior to the revolution until his death.  He
  was captain of the first troop of Philadelphia cavalry.  The troop numbered in its ranks
  not less than twenty-two of the members of the Gloucester Fox Hunting club.  Samuel
  Morris was captain of the troop, served through the campaign of 1776 and 1777, and took
  active part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, where his brother, Anthony, who was
  ensign of the troop, was killed.  By a complimentary order from General Washington the
  troop was mustered out of service January 23, 1777, at Morristown, N. J.  He died on the
  7th of July, 1812, at the age of 77 years.  He left six sons, one of whom, Anthony, in
  1793 was speaker of the State senate, and during the administration of Mr. Madison acted
  as an agent of the United States in Spain.  He died in 1860.  He married a daughter of
  James Pemberton, a well-known citizen of Philadelphia and Bucks county, and owner of the
  "Bolton Farm," in Bristol township, which he left, by will, to his grandson, James
  Pemberton Morris, who married Rosa Gardner, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1816.  She was a
  daughter of the Rev. William Gardner, D. D., of Edinburgh.  Phineas Pemberton Morris, LL.
  D., their son, is an attorney-at-law at 404 Locust street, Philadelphia, and resides at
  1827 Chestnut street.  He was born on the old Bolton Farm in Bristol township, May 2,
  1817.  He was educated at Georgetown College, D. C., where he was graduated in 1836.  He
  was for a long time professor of practice, pleading and evidence in the law department of
  the University of Pennsylvania, and has been in general practice at the Philadelphia bar
  for forty-five years.  He ranks among the most prominent lawyers in the city.  He was
  admitted to the bar in 1840, February 8.  He is now emeritus professor of the University
  of Pennsylvania.
  
  DANIEL MOON
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Morrisville, July 12, 1850, and is a
  son of Evan L. and Mary (Atchley) Moon, the latter a native of Mercer county, N. J.  His
  father was born in Bucks county, and was a descendant of an old Quaker family of English
  origin.  The family have been farmers in Falls township for many years.  Our subject's
  father has carried on that business with success, being at present the owner of a
  well-improved farm.  He had three children who lived to maturity, Daniel being the
  youngest.  He was reared in Bucks county, attending the school at Morrisville, and the
  Model school at Trenton.  He also took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's
  Commercial college at Trenton, N. J., but has made farming his main business.  He was
  married in Trenton, October 25, 1871, to Mary W., daughter of Henry and Rachel
  (Wolverton) Fell.  This lady's father was born in Bucks county, where he was a merchant,
  and of English origin, her mother being born in Hunterdon county, N. J.  Mr. and Mrs.
  Moon are the parents of four children:  Arthur E., Bessie F., Rachel W. and Ridgeway F. 
  Mr. Moon is a republican politically, and has been a member of the school board.  His
  wife is a member of the Society of Friends.
  
  WILLIAM L. MOON
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls township, August 25, 1810, on
  the farm which he now owns, and which he also occupies.  He is a son of Daniel and Mercy
  (Lovett) Moon.  His parents were of English and German origin.  His paternal and maternal
  ancestors were among the early Quaker settlers of Penn's Manor.  Most of the male members
  of the family have been farmers.  William L. Moon was the oldest of a family of eight
  children, five of whom were boys.  He attended school in Penn's Manor, and has made
  farming his business.  He was married in 1839 to Elizabeth Y., daughter of Mahlon
  Williamson.  Their children are:  Mercy, wife of Frank Neuschert; Georgianna, wife of
  Andrew Watson; and Libbie, wife of William Parry.  Mr. Moon is a republican.  He has been
  supervisor and overseer of the poor.  Financially he has been successful, and is the owner
  of one hundred and eighteen acres of well-improved land.
  
  WILLIAM S. MULL
  secretary and treasurer of the Bucks County Contribution Insurance
  company, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls township, Bucks county, November 30, 1815,
  and is a son of Martin and Lydia (Hance) Mull, also natives of Falls township, and of
  English and German descent.  Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were among the
  early settlers of this place, his father and grandfather being farmers in this county all
  their lives.  Our subject was the second in a family of five children.  He was reared on
  the farm, and received his earliest education in Falls township, and subsequently
  attended the high school in Burlington, N. J.  His first occupation was that of a
  teacher.  In 1846 he embarked in the coal business, which occupied him until 1880, when
  he accepted his present position.  He was elected treasurer by the company, and was
  appointed secretary by the board of trustees.  In 1858 he married Mary, daughter of Isaac
  and Lydia (Anderson) Parsons.  This lady is of English origin.  Mr. and Mrs. Mull have two
  children:  Lydia H. and Margaret R.
  
  GEORGE OPDYKE
  farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, April 1,
  1815, and is a son of Benjamin and Catharine (Snyder) Opdyke.  His paternal grandfather,
  Benjamin Opdyke, emigrated from England to New Jersey at an early age with his parents. 
  His maternal grandfather was Henry Snyder, who came from Holland with his parents when
  seven years old.  He entered the continental army at the age of seventeen and served
  under General Washington in all his campaigns.  After the close of the revolution he
  married Mary Deuzenberry and lived in the Musconetcong country.  Previously to the war he
  lived near Durham.  George Opdyke was brought up in the vicinity of his birthplace and
  attended the common schools.  He worked on his father's farm until 1837, when he took a
  trip over the Allegheny mountains, visiting Gettysburg two or three times.  He spent
  eight months in Knox county, Ohio, and then returned and resumed work on his father's
  farm.  He made a second trip to Ohio previous to his marriage.  In 1847 he was married to
  Rosanna, daughter of John Green.  They have had four children, all deceased:  Annie and
  John, who died in infancy, and William and Barclay, who died after reaching maturity.
  After Mr. Opdyke's marriage he removed to his present farm and has since resided there. 
  The farm contains one hundred and fifty-two acres, all under cultivation, one row of
  fields from the river and two miles from Tullytown.  Mrs. Opdyke's father, John Green,
  was a native of Falls.  He began life with twenty dollars and at his death owned thirteen
  hundred acres of land.  George Opdyke was the fourth in a family of nine children.  His
  parents were Presbyterians, but since his residence here he has attended Friends'
  meeting, of which his wife is a member.  The burying place of the family is at the
  Bristol Episcopal church.
  
  ALFRED M. PARSONS
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born February 25, 1834, and is a son of
  Isaac and Lydia (Anderson) Parsons, who were natives of Falls township.  Our subject's
  paternal and maternal ancestors were both descendants of early English settlers.  Alfred
  M. was the fifth in a family of eight children and was reared on the farm where he now
  resides and which he owns.  He attended the district school and also attended school in
  Easton and Northampton county.  Mr. Parsons is a progressive farmer, his buildings being
  surpassed by few in Bucks county. These buildings have been erected since the farm came
  into his hands.  He haas an orchard of nearly four thousand apple trees.  He has devoted
  considerable time to fruit growing, and is constantly increasing his facilities as he
  find the business a paying one.  In 1856 he married Josephine, daughter of Daniel Harmon,
  of Upper Makefield township.  She is of English descent.  Their children are:  Edward B.,
  Caroline, Anna H. and Gertrude.  In politics he is a republican.
  
  CHARLES A. PARSONS
  (deceased), farmer and seed grower, was born in Falls township June
  30, 1831, and was a son of Isaac and Lydia Ann (Anderson) Parsons.  He attended school in
  this township and at Langhorne and Norristown.  He was a successful farmer and a good
  citizen.  His death occurred January 9, 1885.  He was married in 1856 to Mary, daughter
  of Spencer W. and Sarah A. (Williamson) Buckman, both of whom were born in this county. 
  The children of this marriage were:  Lucy, wife of Elwood Tyson, of Delaware county, Pa.;
  Alice, Sarah B., Mary, Elizabeth, Alfred (deceased), Emma (deceased), Ulyssa (deceased),
  Margaret, Frederick (deceased) and Charles A.   Mr. and Mrs. Parsons were both members of
  the Presbyterian church, of which the former was a trustee.  He was a republican and
  served many years as a school director.
  
  ELLWOOD PARSONS
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls township, Bucks county, April
  5, 1822, and is a son of Isaac and Lydia A. (Anderson) Parsons, natives of this county. 
  His father and grandfather were successful farmers, who spent their lives in Bucks county
  and accumulated a competence.  The family were of English origin.  Ellwood was the oldest
  of a family of eight children, consisting of three boys and five girls:  Ellwood, Charles
  A., Alfred M., Sarah A. (Robbins), Mary A. (Mull), Elizabeth (Parsons), Emma (Newbold),
  and Rose P. (Case).  Ellwood chose farming for his occupation and farmed here for ten
  years.  He then retired for three years, after which he bought a large farm of 217 acres
  on the banks of the Delaware river, two miles below Bordentown, N. J., where he lived for
  nine years.  He then returned to Bucks county and embarked in the lumber business in
  company with his brothers-in-law, Joseph C. and David Taylor, at Morrisville, continuing
  there for some years.  He then bought a country seat near Morrisville where he now
  resides.  When young he had the advantages of good schools.  He has been a director of
  the First National bank of Trenton for over twenty years.  He is one of the directors of
  the Bucks County Contribution Insurance company, and also of the Trenton City Bridge
  company.  He was married March 26, 1851, to Mercy A., daughter of William and Mary
  Taylor, and is of French and English origin.  Their children are:  Annie C., Mary T.,
  Lydia A. and Ella.  Mr. Parsons is prominent among the successful business men of this
  vicinity, his success in life being mainly due to his own exertions and business
  qualifications.
  
  THE PEMBERTON FAMILY
  *The Pembertons, of Pennsylvania, are descended from an ancient
  family of that name in Lancashire, England.  This branch of the family early became
  converts to the doctrines of the Friends, or Quakers; and in 1670, Phineas Pemberton, a
  young man of 20, then an apprentice to John Abraham, a grocer in Manchester, was
  imprisoned in Lancaster castle for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the king,
  and for attending Quaker meetings.  He married in 1676-7, Phoebe, the only child of James
  Harrison, an active and zealous Friend, who had frequently been imprisoned for his
  religious convictions.  In 1681 James Harrison was appointed agent of William Penn.  Mr.
  Harrison with his wife and her mother, together with his son-in-law, Phineas Pemberton,
  and the father of Phineas, Ralph Pemberton, and seven servants, sailed from Liverpool
  September 5, 1682, arriving in America the last of October.  Mr. Harrison settled upon
  one of the tracts of land he had purchased, adjoining William Penn's manor of
  Pennsburg.  He continued to be Mr. Penn's agent until his death.
  *From "Early New England People," 1882.
  He continued to be Mr. Penn's agent until his death.  He took a prominent part in state
  affairs, being speaker of the house of provincial representatives in 1682, and also a
  member of the governor's council of sixteen, and of the first assembly.  He held, also,
  many important offices.
  Phineas Pemberton, after the death of his father-in-law, which occurred in 1687,
  continued in the confidential relation to William Penn thus begun.  He was early
  appointed register-general for Bucks county; clerk of the courts; member of the assembly;
  master of the rolls; member of the provincial council, and one of the council of state. 
  When William Penn left for England in 1701, Phineas Pemberton was a dying man, and Penn,
  writing to James Logan (the son-in-law of Phineas, who had succeeded Mr. Harrison as
  Penn's agent), says:  "I am grieved at it; he hath not his fellow, and without him this
  is a poor country, indeed."  On receiving notice of his death Penn writes:  "I mourn for
  Phineas Pemberton; the ablest as well as the best man in the province."  Ralph Pemberton,
  Phineas and Phoebe Pemberton, with several of their children, as well as James Harrison,
  with his wife and mother, are buried in the family graveyard laid out by Phineas
  Pemberton on his plantation at the Point, four miles below Trenton.
  Israel Pemberton, born in 1685, was the only son of Phineas Pemberton who reached
  manhood.  He early became an active and influential Friend, and held "divers high and
  honorable offices."  He was for nineteen consecutive years a member of the general
  assembly of Pennsylvania.  In his younger years he was one of the most considerable
  merchants of Philadelphia.
  Israel (Jr.), born in 1715; James, born in 1725, and John, born in 1727, the surviving
  children of the above, ever maintained the characteristics of their father and
  grandfather.  They were all active merchants and zealous Friends.  Until the revolution
  the three brothers, and especially Israel, were at the head of all public affairs.  The
  revolutionary party looked upon former members of the Quaker government as disaffected if
  not hostile to them; and in 1777, Israel, James and John Pemberton were exiled to
  Winchester, Va., and detained there upwards of eight months.  Israel Pemberton died soon
  after their return.  Israel was twice married.  By his first wife, Sarah Kirkbride, he
  left one son and two daughters; one of whom married Samuel Pleasants; the other married
  Samuel Rhoades.  The descendants of the above are represented by the families of Fox,
  Fisher, Norris, Emlen and Byrd, of Virginia, and by prominent families of Philadelphia. 
  By the second marriage he left one son.  James, the second brother, lived to be 87 years
  of age.  He left no male descendant.  One daughter married Dr. Parke and another married
  Anthony Morris.  John Pemberton, the youngest of the brothers, devoted the latter part of
  his life to preaching the doctrines of the Quakers.  He died in Westphalia, Germany.  He
  left no children.
  Joseph, the only son of Israel, Jr., who left descendants, married Ann Galloway, of
  Maryland, first cousin of the well-known Joseph Galloway, the loyalist.  Joseph Pemberton
  died at the age of 36, leaving a large family, of whom John Pemberton, born in 1783, was
  in 1812 the only male representative of the children of William Pemberton, who was born
  in 1580.  John Pemberton married Rebecca, only child of John Clifford, and left a large
  family, of whom James lives in Paris, France; John C. married a Miss Thompson, of
  Norfolk, Va.; Anna E. married Dr. Hollingsworth; Rebecca married Charles Newbold; Henry
  married, first, Caroline Hollingsworth, and second, Agnes Williams; Andrew died
  unmarried; Clifford married Helen A. Tryer.
  Gen. John C. Pemberton, the second son of John and Rebecca Pemberton, was graduated at
  West Point in 1837.  Entering the 4th artillery, her served in the Florida war, and was
  aid-de-camp to General Worth during the Mexican war.  He was brevetted captain and major
  for gallantry at Monterey and at Molino del Rey, September 8, 1847.  He was distinguished
  also at Contreras and Churubusco and at the capture of the City of Mexico, where he was
  wounded.  He resigned in 1861.  He entered the confederate service as a colonel of
  cavalry and assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joe Johnston, and in 1862 was made a
  brigadier-general.  He was subsequently a lieutenant-general.  He commanded the army
  opposed to that of General Grant in northeast Mississippi, and was entrusted with the
  command of Vicksburg.  He made a gallant defense, but was compelled to surrender July
  4,1863.  He died July 12, 1881.  The arms of this branch of the Pemberton family are: 
  "Argent, a chevron, sa.  Between three buckets of the second, hoped and handled or.;
  crest, a dragon's head couped sa. erect."
  
  DANIEL B. PRICE
  farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born in Middletown township, Bucks county,
  December 3, 1823, being a son of John and Rachel (Burgess) Price, of English and Welsh
  origin.  His paternal and maternal ancestors were usually farmers and were early settlers
  of Pennsylvania.  Both families were members of the Society of Friends.  In 1690 Samuel
  Burgess, great-grandfather of Daniel B., gave the land (six acres) where the Friends'
  meeting-house now stands at Fallsington.  John Price, father of Daniel, was a shoemaker
  in early life, but later on followed farming.  He had a family of four children, of whom
  Daniel B., the only son, and Lydia B. are now living.  Daniel B. at his father's death in
  1841 went to live with his uncle, Daniel Burgess, remaining there from 1841 to 1848, when
  he commenced farming on a rented farm.  By industry and successful business management he
  has succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune.  He is the owner of three farms,
  containing in all four hundred acres of land.  The farm where he resides has all
  first-class improvements.  He was married in 1848 to Hannah B., daughter of Moses and
  Nancy (Burdick) Childs, natives of Jefferson county, N. Y., and of English descent.  Her
  parents were members of the Society of Friends.  The fruits of this union were four
  children:  Rachel Anna, Clinton, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of John W. Tatum, who is now
  general manager of the Trenton china pottery company, and Mary C.   Mrs. Price died in
  1880.  Mr. Price was married in 1883 to Rachel, daughter of John and Phoebe (Pierce)
  Bennington, this state.  In politics Mr. Price is a republican.
  
  JAMES T. ROBBINS
  farmer, P.O. Morrisville, was born March 5, 1817, in Falls township, and
  is a son of Isaac and Jane (Thompson) Robbins.  His father is of English descent and was
  born in New Jersey, his mother being a native of Ireland.  His father was a farmer and
  spent the latter part of his life in Bucks county.  He had a family of seven children, of
  whom five grew to maturity, our subject being the fifth of the family.  He was reared on
  the farm in Penn's Manor, and received his earliest education there, and also attended
  school at Wilmington, Delaware.  He wisely chose his father's occupation, that of
  farming, and has made it his life work.  His farm is situated in Penn's Manor and is in a
  high state of cultivation.  His success is largely due to his energy and determination. 
  He was united in marriage in 1860 to Miss Catherine, daughter of Solomon Headley.  She is
  a descendant of some of the earliest settlers of Pennsylvania, her people being members of
  the Society of Friends.  Their children are:  Rose, Ida, Mary, Lillian, and George.  Mr.
  Robbins is a republican in politics.  He has held the office of school director.
  
  JOHN ROBBINS
  retired, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls township, Bucks county, June
  20, 1809, being a son of Isaac I. and Jane (Thompson) Robbins.  His father was born in
  New Jersey, and is of English origin, his mother being a native of Ireland.  Isaac I.
  Robbins was a farmer and was the father of seven children, five of whom are now living. 
  John Robbins was reared on the farm in Falls township.  He attended school at Wilmington,
  Delaware, and chose farming as his business.  He is a republican in politics and was
  elected to the legislature in 1846 and served one session.  He also served ten years as
  justice of the peace in Morrisville.  In 1836 he married Mary Ivins, by whom he had one
  child, Isaac I., now deceased.  His wife died in 1874, and he was again married in 1880
  to Mary E. Worthington, a native of Bucks county.  Mr. Robbins has been a successful man
  in business life, is now retired and stands high in the community in which he resides.
  
  J. SELDON SANDS,
  M. D. druggist, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Union county, Pa., April 21,
  1858, and is a son of J. W. and Christiana G. (Templeton) Sands, natives of Pennsylvania,
  and of English origin.   His father was president of a bank at Mifflinburg, Pa., also
  serving as cashier of the same.  He had five children, three of whom grew to maturity,
  our subject being the youngest.  He was reared in Mifflinburg, and received his education
  at Mifflinburg academy, and also attended the university at Lewisville, now the Bucknell
  university.  He chose medicine as his profession and came to Tullytown and established
  the first drug store.  His brother, Dr. O. J. Sands, was then practicing here, and with
  him J. Seldon studied medicine, also attending the Jefferson Medical college, where he
  graduated as an M. D.  He then engaged in practice at Tullytown and vicinity, but owing
  to ill health has been compelled very reluctantly to quit his practice, and has since
  devoted his time to his drug store.  He was married December 31, 1884, in Bristol
  borough, to Adda B., daughter of Joseph F. Van Sant.  He is a republican.  Mr. Sands
  traces his ancestry directly back to Edwin Sands, archbishop of York, England, born in
  1519 and died in 1588.
  
  DAVID SATTERTHWAITE
  farmer and dairyman, P.O. Fallsington, was born in Falls township,
  December 1, 1828.  The family settled early in this county.  His parents, William and
  Tacie (Palmer) Satterthwaite, were of English descent and were born in Lower Makefield
  township.  The father was a farmer.  David Satterthwaite was the eldest of a family of
  ten children. He attended the public schools of his native town and boarding school in
  Montgomery county.  He has made farming the business of his life, and with success.  His
  farm is one of the best in the township.  In 1852 he married Ann F., daughter of Nathan
  and Elizabeth (Flowers) Watson.  Their children are:  Annie, wife of Charles B. Comfort;
  Watson, a farmer, married and living in Lower Makefield township; and David Jr., a
  farmer, married and living in Falls township.  Mr. Satterthwaite and wife are members of
  the Society of Friends.  He is an elder in the church, an earnest member, and a regular
  attendant.  He takes an active interest in educational matters, and has served five terms
  as a school director.
  
  HONORABLE HARRY J. SHOEMAKER
  merchant, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Montgomery county,
  December 25, 1855, and is a son of James and Phoebe Shoemaker, who were natives of
  Montgomery county and of German origin.  His father still resides on the farm in Horsham
  township, where our subject was born.  Their family consisted of five daughters and two
  sons, Harry J. being the oldest son.  He acquired a rudimentary education and
  subsequently attended Doylestown seminary, and at the age of 19 taught school in
  Bedminster, Bucks county, and in 1877 was made principal of Tullytown public school,
  which position he held for three years.  In 1880 he embarked in general merchandise in
  Tullytown, and has since been engaged in that business.  He also owns a small farm near
  Tullytown, which he manages with success.  In 1879 he was united in marriage with Ella
  B., daughter of John H. Wright, a prominent farmer of Falls township, in Penn's Manor. 
  Mrs. Shoemaker is of English and German origin, and is a member of the Methodist
  Episcopal church.  They have one child, Elsie C.   Mr. Shoemaker is a member of the
  Society of Friends, and has held the following offices:  postmaster at Tullytown four
  years, town clerk, school director and secretary of the school board.  In 1885-86 he
  served as  member of the state legislature of Pennsylvania, he being the only republican
  member elected from Bucks county.  He was made secretary of the agricultural committee of
  the house of representatives.  He came within four votes of being nominated to congress by
  the republican convention in 1886.
  
  
  JOHN G. SHULL
  farmer and seed-grower, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Bensalem township,
  Bucks county, January 8, 1848, and is a son of Levi J. and Abecca (Green) Shull, the
  latter a daughter of John Green.  His parents were of German and English origin.  His
  father was a farmer and died when John G. was 3 years old, leaving his mother with three
  children.  She was married, again, in 1854, to Joseph V. Peck, a farmer in Falls
  township, by whom she has two children.  Our subject was reared on the farm, attended the
  district school and early in life learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until
  1876.  Since that time he has followed farming.  He was married February 22, 1876, in
  Philadelphia, to Caroline S., daughter of William and Asenath (Strickland) Albertson. 
  This union has been blessed with two children, Asenath Abecca and John Noah.  Mrs. Shull
  is of German and English origin.  Mr. Shull is a democrat, and is now serving his second
  term as supervisor of Falls township.
  
  ISHA V. SMITH
  retired farmer, P.O. Morrisville, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Van Cleve)
  Smith, was born near Pennington, N. J., November 20, 1832.  His parents were natives of
  New Jersey, and of English origin.  His father was a farmer and afterward a merchant in
  Trenton, N. J.  Our subject was the only child.  He was educated in select schools at
  Trenton.  He was a clerk in a Philadelphia dry goods store two years, but has made
  farming his principal occupation.  He was one of the originators of the rubber works at
  Morrisville, and served as secretary two years.  He sold his farm in 1886 and in 1887
  moved to Morrisville.  He was married in 1854 to Elizabeth, daughter of William and
  Hannah Atchley, natives of New Jersey and of German origin.  They had one child,
  Benjamin, who died at the age of 18.  In politics Mr. Smith is a democrat.
  
  THE SPENCER FAMILY
  About the year 1700, Samuel and William Spencer, quite young men,
  arrived in this country from England.  Tradition says they were spirited away to secure
  to another individual certain titles and estates, which would otherwise have been
  inherited by them.  Samuel, the older son, left Pennsylvania and settled in Virginia, in
  which state many of his descendants now reside.  William purchased a tract of over six
  hundred acres in Northampton township, extending from the Almshouse road to beyond the
  Bristol road, in Warminster township.  Soon after he disposed of over two hundred acres
  and received in return a Negro slave, whom he liberated and paid a regular salary. 
  William married Elizabeth Lewis, from Montgomery county.  His children were:  James,
  Thomas, Ann, Sarah, Samuel, Enoch, Job and Abel.  Thomas and Samuel inherited from their
  father over two hundred acres each and settled on their farms.  William Spencer died in
  1756 and his widow in 1797, aged 84 years.  Thomas died in 1811, aged 75 years.  He
  married Mary Hollowell, of Montgomery county, and had seven children:  William, born
  1761; Mary, born 1764; Thomas and Elizabeth (twins), born 1767; Margaret, born 1770;
  Amos, born 1773; and Sarah, born 1775.  All lived and died in Bucks county except Sarah,
  who married Isaac Hollowell, of Montgomery county.
  Samuel had two sons, who inherited about one hundred acres each.  Samuel, the eldest,
  died in New Jersey.  John, his brother, sold his portion to John Bready and bought a farm
  in Northampton, on which he died.  Of the children of Thomas, son of William, the eldest
  married his cousin, Margaret Spencer, and had four daughters:  Mary, Sarah, Margaret and
  Elizabeth, all of whom died unmarried.  William, the father, died in 1840.  The second
  child, Mary, married Isaac Walton, of Warwick township, and had one child, Sarah, a
  highly esteemed young woman, who died when she was about 20 years of age.  The next
  child, Thomas, married Esther Worthington, of Wrightstown, and had five children:  Mary,
  William, Thomas, Esther and Lewis.  William and Lewis died young, and Mary and esther
  without issue.  Thomas married a Miss Burns and had one child, Elizabeth, who married
  William Bennett.  They have three daughters living.  Margaret, the third daughter of the
  elder Thomas, married William Worthington.  They had six children:  Thomas, Mary,
  William, Jesse, Esther and Spencer.  Margaret Worthington died in 1802.  Amos, the third
  son of Thomas, the elder, married Anna, daughter of Thomas Brown, who came from Ireland
  about the year 1770 and followed teaching.  He was a fine scholar and an efficient
  teacher.  Amos Spencer died in 1857 and his wife in 1844.  From Amos and Anna Spencer
  nearly all the family at present residing in the county are descended.  Thomas B., the
  eldest, was born in 1798 and died in 1869, unmarried.  Sarah, the second, was born in
  1801 and died, unmarried, in 1882.  John G., the third, was born in 1803 and followed
  teaching many years.  In 1833 he entered the mercantile business at Springville.  In 1834
  he married Elizabeth, daughter of George Fetter, of Montgomery county.  In 1840 he
  purchased a store property, where he now resides, in Oxford Valley.  In 1873 he built a
  residence in the village for himself and turned over his business to his second son, C.
  Watson.  His wife died in 1880, since which he has resided with his eldest son, Amos L.
  and wife.  He has four children living:  Arnie Ann, who married William R. Vandegrift,
  and they have eight children living.  The second, Amos L., is a graduate of the
  Westchester State Normal school, and for the last six years he has had charge of the
  grammar school at Langhorne.  He married Louisa, daughter of Owen Knight, of Somerton,
  Philadelphia.  The third, C. Watson, married Angeline, daughter of I. W. Gerhart, of
  Northampton township, and has five children.  He carries on the mercantile business at
  Oxford Valley.  The youngest child, G. Franklin, married Mary E., daughter of Lewis
  Darrah, of Middletown.  They have three children.  William H., the third son of Amos and
  Anna, married Sarah, daughter of Christopher Search, of Southampton, by whom he had six
  children, of whom only three are now living.  He resides in Maryland.  Charles, the
  fourth son of Amos and Anna, married Elizabeth Porter, of Northampton, and had three sons
  and three daughters.  He followed carriage-making a few years, then farmed until his death
  in 1880.  His three sons, Orrin, James and Albert, are all married and have children. 
  None of the daughters married.  Alice, the only one living, resides with her mother.  The
  sons are all farmers and residents of the county.  James, the fifth son of Amos, married
  Matilda Dunlap.  He died in 1876, without issue.  Mary B., the second daughter of Amos
  and Anna, resides in Philadelphia with her husband, Henry Land.  They have no children. 
  Isaac W., the youngest child of Amos and Anna, married Louisa, daughter of John Jamison,
  of Warwick, by whom he had one son, John J., who married a Miss Myers, and is a justice
  of the peace at Jamison.  Isaac W. died in 1868.
  The Spencer family formerly were all members of the Society of Friends.  Many have united
  with other denominations.  Nearly all have been farmers.  John G. was school director
  twenty-six years, and has been postmaster at Oxford Valley ever since the office was
  established in 1849.  John J. has been a justice of the peace for several years.
  
  DAVID TAYLOR
  retired, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Bucks county, January 16, 1829, and
  is a son of William and Mary (Crozer) Taylor.  His maternal ancestors were among the
  earliest settlers of Bucks county.  His father was born in Philadelphia, and was of
  English and French origin.  He was a shoemaker in early life, but later on followed
  farming.  David was the third in a family of seven children.  He was reared on the farm
  until eleven years old, attending school in his native county, principally at the
  academy.  His first business was clerking, which he followed for five years.  He next
  embarked in the lumber trade, dealing in lumber, and at the same time running a
  saw-mill.  This he followed with signal success for eighteen years, after which he
  retired.  In 1853 he married Huldah, daughter of Elisha Reeves.  They had but one child,
  Francis, who died in infancy.  Mr. Taylor is a republican in politics, and has been
  borough burgess of Morrisville.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Sir
  Knight Templar.  He was not a regular soldier, but went to Harrisburg with the emergency
  men at the time of the battle of Antietam.
  
  DAVID H. TAYLOR
  lumber dealer, P.O. Morrisville, Pa., was born in Dolington, in this
  county, on February 17, 1809, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Taylor, who were natives of
  Bucks county, of English and Scotch lineage, and members of the Society of Friends. 
  Joseph Taylor had two sons and one daughter, and possessed of limited means, was only
  able to give his children such educational advantages as could be had at the district
  schools, until they were of age to learn trades.  David was the youngest son, and chose
  to be a shoemaker, and when 15 years old was apprenticed to Benjamin Moore, serving
  faithfully his apprenticeship of five years.  After that he followed his trade for two
  years and a half, but his sedentary occupation not satisfying one of his active
  temperament, and desiring out-door employment, he began working at the trade of carpenter
  with his father, for the modest remuneration of sixty-two and a half cents per day.  This
  trade he followed for about eight years, visiting the west in that time by private
  conveyance, there being no railroads west of the mountains at that day - which was in the
  fall of 1837.  Finding the new country almost a wilderness he returned, and for a time
  contented himself with earning his living by working hard for a dollar per day.  Some
  time after this he accepted inducements held out to him to go to White Haven, Luzerne
  county, where he superintended the building of a saw-mill, and conducted the lumber
  business for David B. Taylor, Levi Buckman and Joseph Yardley.  White Haven at that time
  consisted of about a dozen log houses, three saw-mills, and a tavern.  After a few years
  spent in this way Mr. Taylor began manufacturing timber for other parties on his own
  account, by the thousand, removing three miles into the woods, where he lived in a
  log-house, so far removed from any neighbor that his wife sometimes for six months at a
  time saw no other woman except the one who worked for her.  The memorable flood of
  January, 1841, completely destroyed navigation between Mauch Chunk and the place where he
  lived, carrying off almost all the bridges and dams on the river.  During the two years
  that elapsed before they were rebuilt, and navigation resumed, the settlers endured great
  hardships, many of them leaving the settlement utterly discouraged.  Mr. Taylor and his
  wife were among those who remained and endured the privations of frontier life.  The
  necessaries of life were sometimes difficult to get; fresh meat was supplied by the
  rifle, and other articles were obtained with great difficulty.  There were no means of
  raising ready money, and it was often the case that letters were left a long time in the
  post-office, because of the inability of the settlers to get the five cents which at that
  time was the rate of postage.  In 1843 navigation was resumed, and again Mr. Taylor, aided
  by his estimable wife, started in the struggle for a competence.  By unceasing diligence,
  thrift and upright dealing he commanded success, and became the owner of mills and
  lands.  During this period of hard labor and varied experience, but general success, of
  unusual energy as well as large benevolence, his house was always the home of the
  itinerant in church and moral reform, as well as the sick and unfortunate of all those in
  his employ, whose wants were supplied without charge, irrespective of condition or
  nationality.  Remaining there until 1858, he then removed to Bethlehem, where he did a
  thriving business as a coal and lumber dealer until after the outbreak of the civil
  war.  The disastrous freshet in the Lehigh, in June, 1862, caught him with a large lot of
  logs in the river, almost all of which were lost, as well as a large stock of lumber and
  coal in his yard, which likewise became an almost total loss, sweeping away at one stroke
  the greater part of the results of twenty years of an industrious life.  Feeling it unsafe
  to resume business on the river, the banks of which had been his home for so many years,
  he saved what he could from the wreck, and a few years later, in 1871, returned to his
  native county.  He settled in Morrisville, buying the lumber yard and mill property of
  Messrs. Taylor & Parsons, who though of the same name were no relatives of his.  Here Mr.
  Taylor again established himself in his old business of lumber and coal, under the name of
  David H. Taylor & Sons, which is yet the style of the firm, and which is composed of the
  father and his three sons, Joseph S., B. Frank and Charles S.  Undismayed by a disaster
  which would have overwhelmed a weaker man, Mr. Taylor has, with the energy which has
  always characterized him, to a great extent repaired the breach in his fortunes, and is
  today in comfortable circumstance.  In addition to his interests in Morrisville, he yet
  owns considerable property on the Lehigh, and in the evening of his days is enjoying the
  fruits of a long life well spent, and is deservedly held in high esteem by all who know
  him, for his integrity and his blameless life.  He is a regular attendant of the
  Presbyterian church, and is an earnest advocate in the cause of temperance.  Seeing the
  many advantages which would accrue to this section by the damming of the Delaware
  (permission for which was given ten years ago by New Jersey), he has by his voice and pen
  urged it upon the attention of the people and the legislature, and has awakened an
  interest in the project.  If carried out it would furnish an immense power for
  manufacturing purposes, and would be of incalculable benefit to Bucks county.  Mr.
  Taylor's domestic life has been a happy one.  While working at carpentering with his
  father, he was married to Hannah K., daughter of John and Hannah Shafer, they being
  natives of Bucks county, of German and English extraction.  Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had four
  sons and two daughters, all now living save one daughter, and a son named Jonathan, who
  laid his life upon the altar of his country.  He was captain of company C, 129th
  Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded in the first general engagement in which he
  participated.  He was removed by his father and mother to a private house at Georgetown,
  where for four months the parents tenderly nursed him, sparing nothing that money or
  parental love could procure, but without avail; after four months' suffering he joined
  that band of heroes whose lives were given that their country might live.
  
  BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR
  lumber and coal dealer, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Upper Makefield
  township, Bucks county, December 22, 1834, and is a son of David H. and Hannah Taylor. 
  Benjamin F. was the second of the children and is the oldest now living.  His early life
  was spent in Luzerne county, where his father was engaged in the lumber business and also
  kept a saw-mill.  He attended the Baptist school at Abington Centre and the Wyoming
  seminary, at Kingston, Luzerne county, and early in life embarked in mercantile pursuits,
  being a salesman for two and a half years.  He is now a member of the firm of David H.
  Taylor & Sons, wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, coal and wood at Morrisville.  He
  came to this place in 1871 and has been here since that time.  He was married in 1858 to
  Theresa B., daughter of Richard and Maria (Jacobs) Fancher, and a native of Susquehanna
  county, Pennsylvania.  In politics Mr. Taylor is a republican.
  
  CHARLES S. TAYLOR
  coal and lumber merchant, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Carbon
  county, Pa., May 14, 1845, and is the youngest son of David H. Taylor.  He received his
  education at Bethlehem and Wyoming seminary.  He studied civil engineering and made that
  a business for five years.  Since 1871 he has been engaged in his present business, and
  is a member of the firm of David H. Taylor & Sons.  He was married in Bethlehem, Pa., to
  Miss Hannah L. Luckenbach, this lady being of English and German origin.  They have two
  children, Gertrude A. and Lucy C.   Mr. Taylor is a republican politically.  His wife is
  a member of the Moravian church.
  
  JOSEPH C. TAYLOR
  retired lumberman, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Falls township, Bucks
  county, August 25, 1826, being a son of William and Mary (Crozer) Taylor, the former a
  native of Philadelphia, and of French origin.  His mother's family is of English origin,
  being among the earliest settlers of Pennsylvania.  The first of the family to come to
  America was Andrew Crozer, who came to this country in 1723 and settled in Penn's Manor,
  Falls township, in 1758.  William Taylor, the paternal ancestor of our subject, was born
  in Philadelphia, July 14, 1796.  He was reared in Penn's Manor, where he followed farming
  and died in 1866.  William Taylor, father of Joseph C., learned the trade of a shoemaker
  in early life, but was for the most of his life a merchant and farmer.  He died in
  1866.  Joseph C. is the third of a family of seven children, six of whom are now
  living.  He was reared in Morrisville, attending the school there, and early in life
  embarked in the lumber business in company with his father, and continued in it until the
  death of the latter.  From 1853 to 1871, J. C. was actively engaged in the lumber trade. 
  He is now living in Morrisville.  He is a republican in politics.  He was married in 1860
  to Maria, daughter of Miles and Anna (Kelly) Watson, her family being of English
  descent.  Their children are:  Anna W., Mary C. and Lillian.
  
  JOHN W. TULLY
  manufacturer, P.O. Tullytown, is among the descendants of the early
  settlers of Bucks county, and was born in Williamsport, Washington county, Md., in
  1835.  He is a son of William and Esther Ann (Murray) Tully, the former a railroad
  contractor who operated in Virginia and Maryland.  His parents were of Irish origin. 
  John W. was the youngest of a family of four children, three of whom grew to maturity. 
  He was reared in Williamsport, Md., and attended the public schools there.  In 1845 he
  came to Bedford county, Pa.  In 1848 he came to Philadelphia and started to learn the
  machine business and served two years in the Baldwin locomotive works, and was then made
  foreman in the painting department of those works.  In 1857 he went south as
  superintendent of the paint department of the Wilmington and Manchester railroad, where
  he remained until 1860.  Returning to Philadelphia, he accepted a position as master
  painter for the Lehigh Valley railroad, where he remained a number of years.  He engaged
  in manufacturing paints in 1870, and in 1877 he opened a store in Philadelphia, which he
  still retains.  He came to Tullytown in 1883, and has since been engaged in manufacturing
  his patent iron filling, paints and varnishes.  He is the inventor of thirteen articles
  which he purposes to manufacture here, and will employ quite a number of men.  In 1860 he
  married Mary Young, daughter of Colonel Henry Young, of Philadelphia.  They had two
  children:  Matthew L., deceased, and Martha E., who is now the wife of Charles S.
  McNally.  Mrs. Tully is a member of the Episcopal church.  Her husband is a member of the
  Catholic church, and in politics is a democrat.
  
  LEVI S. WALTON
  physician, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Hatboro, Montgomery county, July
  16, 1862, and is a son of Lewis and Susannah (Snyder) Walton, natives of Montgomery
  county, and of English and German origin.  His father was a farmer and was the father of
  five children, of whom Levi S. was the fourth.  He was reared on the farm, receiving his
  literary education at the Loller academy, but was also one year under a private
  teacher.  He subsequently commenced the study of medicine at Jefferson Medical college,
  where he was graduated April 2, 1885, and the same year commenced to practice in
  Tullytown, where he has been since.  He was married January 7, 1886, to Miss Florence,
  daughter of Charles and Louisa (Cadwallader) Grove.  She is a native of Bucks county, and
  is of Welsh and German origin.  Dr. Walton and his wife are members of the Baptist
  church.  He is a republican politically.
  
  GEORGE WARNER, JR.
  lumber manufacturer, member of the firm of Gillingham, Garrison & Co.
  (limited), 943 Richmond street, Philadelphia, is a descendant of a very old family in
  Bucks county, and is collaterally related to many well-known residents of the county.  On
  both sides he traces his ancestry to Benjamin Taylor, a native of this county, whose
  father was one of the English Friends who came here in the latter half of the 17th
  century.  Of the date of Benjamin Taylor's birth there is no record, but he was married
  to Hannah Towne in 1719.  A daughter of this couple, also named Hannah, was married to
  William Field in 1755, and died in 1815, and her daughter, Letitia, became the wife of
  William Warner on 1st mo., 4th, 1803.  This William Warner was the grandfather of George
  Warner, and was the son of Abraham Warner, who, in the 12th mo., 1768, was married to Ann
  Yardley.  The exact date when the Warner family first came to the country is unknown, but
  it was probably about the same time as the Taylors.  The Yardley family genealogy is
  preserved in the Harley MSS. in the British Museum back to 1402.  A member of the family
  came to this country about the same time as the others named above and settled in
  Yardleyville, which was named after him.  The Abraham Warner mentioned owned the farm at
  Penn's Manor, Falls township, on which his great-grandson, George, subject of this
  sketch, was born.  William Warner was born 10th mo., 26th, 1769, and died 9th mo., 28th,
  1828.  He and his wife, Letitia, had six children.  The oldest, Abraham (father of
  George), was born 10th mo., 9th, 1803, and died 9th mo., 3rd, 1860.  He also lived all
  his life on the place of his birth and was a successful farmer, accumulating a good
  property.  He was a prominent member of the Pennsburg meeting, and was much respected in
  the community.  He was married on the 12th mo., 24th, 1840, to Sarah Ann Taylor, a lineal
  descendant of the Benjamin Taylor before mentioned.  She was born 21st of 1st mo., 1819,
  and after Mr. Warner's decease became the wife of John Wildman, of Langhorne, where she
  is now living.  Abraham Warner had four children:  Hannah Taylor, wife of Phineas Briggs,
  and living in Upper Makefield township; Letitia, wife of Stephen B. Twining, of Yardley;
  William Yardley, married to Jennie T. Robbins, and living on the old historic Penn Manor
  farm, which has recently been purchased by his brother, George, who is the youngest of
  the children and was born June 6, 1852.  Bendemere (beautiful water), the home of the
  Warners, was built in 1692, of bricks brought from England, and had belonged to them for
  four generations.  It was originally owned by the Browns, and was the birthplace of Jacob
  Brown, who was so patriotic that, notwithstanding his Quaker principles, he entered the
  Continental army and rose to the rank of general.  He afterward served in the war of
  1812, and strange to say, was never disowned by his meeting.  The father of George Warner
  died when the latter was eight years old.  After attending school until he was 15 years of
  age, he entered Taylor and Jackson's academy at Wilmington, Del., from which institution
  he was graduated in 1869.  He then went to Baltimore and engaged in the lumber business,
  and in 1872 accepted the position of assistant superintendent with Gillingham & Garrison,
  the largest manufacturers of and dealers in lumber in Philadelphia.  He was rapidly
  advanced, and at the expiration of four years was admitted as a member of the firm.  The
  business has steadily increased, and in 1882 the firm purchased 3,000 acres of pine
  timber land in Elk county, this state.  They have there two steam mills, with a capacity
  of 25,000 feet each per day; two large booms for storing logs, a steam shingle mill, a
  store, forty houses, shops, and everything necessary for the manufacture of lumber.  Coal
  of excellent quality and in great quantity underlies much of their land.  The New York,
  Lake Erie & Western railroad has been extended through these lands, giving rail
  facilities to market as well as water.  Mr. Warner was married October 22, 1879, to Lydia
  Yardley, daughter of Algernon S. and Susan J. Cadwallader, of Yardley, this county.  They
  have one son, Seymour Yardley, born October 31, 1880.  An interesting fact came to their
  knowledge after their marriage.  Mrs. Warner also traces her descent from the Yardley
  family, and her great-great-grandfather Yardley also bore the same relation to her
  husband.  She was born in Yardley 12th mo., 11th, 1853.  Mr. Warner is a firm believer in
  the principles of the republican party, and like all his ancestors a member of the Society
  of Friends, and a sincere admirer of the principles and character of the founder.  He is
  now the owner of William Penn's home and farm, and believes that Penn's "holy experiment"
  and his noble idea of man's capacity for self-government were the seed from which sprang
  this mighty nation.
  
  HECTOR C. WATSON
  retired farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born in Falls township November
  23, 1826.  He is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Thompson) Watson, the former born in
  England, the latter in Ireland.  His father was a farmer, and settled in Bucks county
  when he first came to America in 1816.  His mother came to this country in 1804.  The
  male members of the family have been farmers for many generations, and yet own land in
  England.  Hector C. was the third in a family of five children.  He attended the schools
  of Falls township, and a boarding school in Montgomery county three years, after which he
  taught school for three years, since which time he has made farming the business of his
  life.  He bought the present farm in 1852.  He was married in 1852 to Mary R., daughter
  of John B. and Sarah (Browne) Brown.  She is a descendant of General Brown.  Their
  children are:  John, who is in business in Philadelphia; James, a farmer; Joseph, a
  bookkeeper; Robert, in college; Anna, wife of Frank Warrington; and Sallie, married to R.
  H. Hanes, of New Jersey (deceased).  Three of the boys graduated at the commercial college
  at Trenton.  Mr. Watson is a republican, and has been school director for several years. 
  Mrs. Watson died November 25, 1885.
  
  THOMAS WATSON
  of Strawberry, now parish of Cockermouth, county Cumberland, England, came
  with his wife, Rebecca (Mark) Watson, and children to America in 1702, and settled on a
  farm of 357 acres, near Oxford valley; a part of which tract is now owned by J. Harvey
  Satterthwaite, and on which is the old stone graveyard, known then and always since as
  the Watson graveyard.  The children that came over with them were:  Mary, who married
  William Paxson; Nathan, who married Sarah Biles; Amos, who married Mary Hillborn; and
  Mark, who married Ann Sotcher.  Two others, born in America, were:  John, born in 1703,
  who married Ruth Blakey, and Joseph, born in 1705.  They were members of the Society of
  Friends, and their certificate was read and approved in Falls meeting, 3rd month, 1702. 
  Thomas Watson was a justice of the peace for many years, perhaps until his death (in
  1738), and a prominent man of that time.  From him are descended most, if not all, of the
  Watsons in the lower part of Bucks county, and his descendants have entered into many
  families, among which are the names of Fell, Palmer, White, Paxson, Hough, Satterthwaite,
  Davis, Blakey, Burton, Stackhouse, Jenks, Ely, Parry, Richardson, Gilbert, Wildman, and
  others.
  
  ESECK H. WHITE
  farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Penn Valley, was born in Falls township,
  October 7, 1825.  The family was of English origin, and settled early in this state.  The
  parents of our subject were John and Sarah (Flanigan) White.  They spent most of their
  lives on a farm in Penn's Manor.  John White was a mason in his early life.  Eseck H.
  received a common-school education, and has followed the business of farming.  He owns a
  well-stocked and improved farm.  He was married October 16, 1878, to Mary Elizabeth,
  daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Stackhouse, and widow of David Pullen, by whom she has
  one daughter, Bertha E. Pullen.   Mr. White is a republican.
  
  MAHLON W. WHITE 
  farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Falls township, Bucks county, June
  19, 1829, and is a son of John and Sarah (Flanigan) White, natives of this county and of
  Irish and English origin.  In early life his father was a mason and in later life a
  farmer.  His family consisted of nine children, of whom seven grew to maturity.  Five of
  them are now living.  Mahlon W. is the third child and was reared on the farm, receiving
  a common-school education.  He chose farming as a business and has met with marked
  success in that branch of industry.  His farm of one hundred and eleven acres of land is
  in a high state of cultivation.  His success in life is largely due to his own
  exertions.  He was married in 1865 to Jennie, daughter of Hugh Sterling.  They have no
  children now living.  Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Tullytown, of
  which he is a trustee.  Mrs. White is a teacher in the Sabbath school.  Mr. White is a
  republican.
  
  E. P. WRIGHT
  real estate, P.O. Morrisville, was born in Lower Makefield, Bucks county,
  September 6, 1840, and is a son of Stephen and Sarah (Hellings) Wright, natives of
  Pennsylvania, and of English origin.  His father was a farmer and was the parent of seven
  children, of whom E. P. was the youngest.  He was reared in Bucks county, attended school
  at the Model school at Trenton, N. J., and at the Normal school at West Chester, Pa.  His
  first occupation was farming, but he subsequently embarked in the broker's business for
  two years, and then went into the grain trade, which he followed for nineteen years.  He
  also dealt in real estate, and for a time has devoted most of his attention to that
  business, in which he has been very successful.  He was married in 1869 to Anna, daughter
  of Thomas Adams, who was a tailor by trade and of English origin.  They have one child,
  Augustus C.   Mr. Wright has served two terms as deputy sheriff of Bucks county, and has
  served two terms as burgess of Morrisville.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
  and in politics is a democrat.  Mrs. Wright is a member of the Presbyterian church.
  
  JOHN H. WRIGHT
  farmer, P.O. Tullytown, was born in Lower Makefield township, Bucks
  county, March 25, 1829, and is a son of Stephen and Sarah (Hellings) Wright.  His mother
  was a native of Bristol and his father of New Jersey.  They were of English and German
  descent.  John H. was reared in Bucks county, receiving a common-school education, and at
  the age of sixteen learned the carpenter's trade in Morrisville at which he worked for
  seventeen years.  He then went to farming and since that time has devoted his entire time
  to agricultural pursuits, nine years of which time were spent in Burlington county, N.
  J.  He now resides in Falls township, where he owns a very fine farm.  He has met with
  success and is still actively engaged in farming.  He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth,
  daughter of Thomas Harding, who is of German origin.  Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents
  of three children:  Ella, wife of Hon. Harry J. Shoemaker, a merchant in Tullytown; Ida,
  wife of Edward Brown; Elmer, in school at Trenton college.  Mr. Wright and his wife are
  members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a member of the board of
  trustees. He has served several terms as school director and was several times juryman at
  Doylestown.
  
  STEPHEN WRIGHT
  retired farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born July 23, 1801, and has spent
  most of his time in this county.  He was a poor boy and earned money to pay his
  schooling. After working nine years he had saved $300 and enough to buy a horse.  During
  this time the highest wages he received were $100 per year, and in 1821 he worked for $60
  per year.  He was married February 26, 1826, to Sarah, daughter of John Hellings, of
  Bristol.  For nearly thirty years after his marriage he rented a farm, and saved enough
  to purchase a small farm, which he did in 1854.  He had five sons, one daughter and
  twenty-one grandchildren.  His wife was a member of the Christian church and died in
  1876.  Mr. Wright is a republican.  Harvey Wright, deceased, son of Stephen and Sarah
  (Hellings) Wright, was born in Falls township, August 4, 1829.  He received a
  common-school education, became a farmer, and at the time of his death owned a
  well-improved farm.  He was married in 1857 to Maria, daughter of John and Sarah
  (Flanagan) White.  They had one son, M. Williamson Wright.  Harvey Wright died in 1872. 
  M. Williamson Wright, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Lower Makefield township, June
  25, 1859.  He is a son of Harvey and grandson of Stephen Wright and was an only child.  He
  received his education at Penn Valley and at Trenton.  He chose farming as a vocation and
  since his father's death has had full charge of the latter's farm.  In 1886 he was
  married to Sadie, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Stinson) Fabian.  She is of English
  descent.  In politics Mr. Wright is a republican.