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


JAMES DRURY editor and postmaster, P.O. Bristol, is a native 
of Chester county, and was born March 2, 1848.  He is a son 
of John and Mary C. (Whiteman) Drury, and is the oldest of a 
family of eight children.  He was reared in Bucks county, 
where he attended the common schools, and early in life 
learned the trade of a printer at Phoenixville and 
Doylestown.  In 1871 he came to Bristol and established the 
"Observer," which he still conducts.  In 1885 he was 
appointed postmaster of Bristol.  In 1871 he was married to 
Miss Etta Slack, a native of this county.  They have two 
children:  Eva R. and Morris D.  Mrs. Drury is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal church.  In politics Mr. Drury is a 
democrat.