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


   ALEXANDER CATHERS farmer, P.O. Lahaska, was born in 
Buckingham township, July 7, 1806, and is a son of William 
and Anna (Duer) Cathers.  His father was a native of the 
north of Ireland, and when 18 years of age settled in 
Plumstead township.  Later he located in Buckingham, and 
lived there until his death, August 28, 1866.  His wife was 
a daughter of Joseph Duer, a pioneer of Buckingham township. 
 By her he had five children:  Alexander, Samuel, Robert, 
Newton and Harrison.  His second wife was Mary Maginness, by 
whom he had six children, five of whom grew to maturity:  
John, Monroe, George, Thomas and Anna.  Alexander Cathers, 
with the exception of four years, resided in Buckingham 
township until 1880, when he removed to Solebury.  He 
married Amy, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Burns) Hill of 
Buckingham, by whom he had thirteen children, eight now 
living:  Thomas S., Oscar, Mary A., Helen, Margaret, 
William, James and Henry.  For many years our subject was 
engaged in lime burning, and for twenty years was a buyer 
and seller of mules.  He kept hotel at Lahaska for twenty 
years.  He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for 
president in 1828.  In politics he has always been a stanch 
democrat.