Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Harley, J. S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   J. S. HARLEY harness manufacturer, P.O. Quakertown, was 
born August 2, 1857, in Lower Salford township, Montgomery 
county, and is a son of Jacob K. and Sarah (Stover) Harley.  
He learned the trade of harness marking under his father, 
and first began in business at Kulpsville, in his native 
county, at the age of 18, with a kit of tools and no 
capital, and after eighteen months' experience and one 
year's intermission he came to Quakertown in 1878 and 
started the Quaker City harness manufactory in a small 
building, near the Red Lion hotel.  In 1881 he moved to the 
site of his present factory and soon was running one hundred 
hands.  The demand for his goods necessitated a much larger 
building, and in 1886 a structure was completed and 
furnished with all the aids and appliances belonging to a 
first class harness factory.  It is of brick, three stories 
high, 140 x 60 feet, with engine house.  This manufactory is 
a credit to the place, and gives employment to a large force 
of workmen.