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


   ALLEN CLYMER teacher, P.O. Perkasie, was born in Milford 
township, Bucks county, August 20, 1846, and is a son of 
John Clymer.  The Clymer family originally came from the 
Palatinate, Germany, and settled in Bucks county, where they 
bought land and engaged in farming.  Jacob Clymer, the 
grandfather of Allen, was a member of the house of 
representatives of Pennsylvania, and for many years was a 
justice of the peace in Milford township.  His son John, 
father of our subject, was born in Bucks county, and 
followed farming.  His son Allen attended the Normal and 
Classical school of Bucks county, and now follows teaching 
as a profession, being at present principal of a school.  
Mr. Clymer married Lydia Kern.  The issue of this union is 
six children:  Hester, Luella, Anna V., Charles T., Victor 
H. and Pearley E.   Mr. Clymer belongs to the German 
Reformed church, and in politics is a republican.