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


   CLAYTON D. FRETZ physician, P.O. Sellersville, was born 
in Bedminster, Bucks county, November 16, 1844. His paternal 
ancestor, John Fretz, a weaver, emigrated from near Mannheim 
in the Grand Duchy of Baden about 1725.  He settled in 
Plumstead township, a part of which is now known as 
Bedminster.  Our subject belongs to the fifth generation of 
the descendants of this pioneer.  Abraham Fretz, grandfather 
of C. D., was born in Bucks county and followed farming.  
His son, also named Abraham, was born in the same county, 
where he was also a farmer.  He married Sarah Detwiler, who 
was a native of Bedminster, Bucks county, and our subject is 
one of the children of this union.  He chose medicine as a 
profession, and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania 
at Philadelphia. He began to practice in Sellersville in 
1868.  He was married in 1871 to Kate B. Everhart.  This 
lady was born in Sellersville and is a daughter of Charles 
W. Everhart, who was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical 
college of Philadelphia, and is of German descent.  Dr. 
Fretz is a member of the German Reformed church and is a 
republican politically.