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


   ISAAC ELY retired farmer, P.O. New Hope, was born in 
Solebury township, this county, May 24, 1819, and is a son 
of Mark and Rachel (Hamilton) Ely.  His paternal 
grandparents were George and Sarah (Magill) Ely.  The former 
was a son of the Joshua Ely already mentioned.  The maternal 
grandfather of our subject was James Hamilton, who was a 
prominent farmer of Solebury township.  Isaac Ely was reared 
in Solebury township and was educated there, where he 
engaged in farming up to 1884, when he removed to New Hope, 
and resides there at present.  He was married December 25, 
1841, to Mary E., daughter of John and Anna (Ely) Magill of 
Solebury township, by whom he has seven children:  William 
M., Anna M. (Mrs. Fred Smith), John H., Laura, Warren S., 
Alice K. and Mattie C.   Mr. Ely was for many years a 
director of the Doylestown Agricultural society, and has 
held several of the minor offices of the township.  Both he 
and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.  
Politically he is a republican.