Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Foulke, Joseph Dr.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Buckingham Township


DR. JOSEPH FOULKE physician, P.O. Buckingham, was born on 
January 27, 1827, in Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, 
Pa.  His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth Foulke.  Their 
ancestors came from Wales to this country in 1698.  He was 
educated at the Gwynedd boarding school, of which his father 
was principal, and also an eminent minister of the Society 
of Friends.  In 1845, at the organization of the Friends' 
Central School, of Philadelphia, he became assistant teacher 
under the noted Professor Benjamin Hallowell.  About 1848 
Dr. Joseph became principal of the Gwynedd board-school, 
which position he held for several years. He graduated from 
the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, 
April 1, 1854, commencing practice May 1, 1854, in the city 
of Philadelphia.  There he remained until the spring of 
1857, when he visited Europe, attending some of the medical 
schools and hospitals of Paris and London.  In 1859 he came 
to Centerville, where he has since been in practice.  He has 
built up a good practice, which extends far and near.  Dr. 
Joseph Foulke is a member of the Bucks County Medical 
Society, of which he was secretary for about 21 years. In 
1870 he was elected a member of the board of trustees of the 
Hughsian Free School, and in 1874 was elected treasurer of 
the same institution, which position he still occupies.  He 
has performed the astronomical calculations for the Friends' 
Almanac from 1847 to the present time.  His father commenced 
this work in 1832.  He was married in 1858 to Caroline 
Chambers, of Philadelphia, by whom he has six children:  
Elizabeth C., Phoebe F., Caroline, Hannah, William D., and 
Melissa E.  He is also a member of the American Medical 
Association.  The doctor is a prominent and enterprising 
citizen of Bucks county.