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


QUINCY A. FRETZ farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a grandson of 
Joseph and Elizabeth (Kratz) Fretz, wo lived on the farm now 
owned by Anthony R. Fretz, adjoining the one owned by the 
subject of this sketch.  He died there more than forty years 
ago.  His son, also named Joseph, was father of Quincy A.  
He was born, lived all his lifetime, and died on the place 
mentioned.  He was born in 1803, and died in December, 1880. 
 He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and a great 
reader.  His wife was Catharine Rickert, who died a short 
time after her husband, aged 63.  Their children were:  
Allen W., living in Riegelsville; Quincy A.; Titus, who died 
in 1870; Susannah, wife of Mahlon Essek, in Hamilton county, 
Indiana; and Anthony R. and Ella, living on the homestead.  
Quincy A. was born July 18, 1847, and lived with his parents 
until a few years after his marriage, when he spent a year 
in Hilltown, engaged in the manufacture of force-pumps.  The 
next four years he was in the same business in Soudertown, 
Montgomery county, and in 1879 he returned to Bucks county 
to the farm where he now lives, and which he had bought 
after his father's death.  October 10, 1873, he was married 
to Catherine, daughter of Jacob Yeakel, of Hilltown.  She 
was born May 27, 1847.  They have had one child who died 
young.  Mr. Fretz is a leading man among his neighbors, who 
respect his straightforward, honest, and manly ways.  Like 
all of their ancestors, he and his wife are members of the 
Mennonite church.