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


   CHARLES T. KITCHEN merchant, P.O. New Hope, was born in 
Center Hill, Solebury township, December 25, 1846, and is a 
son of William B. and Mary A. (Alford) Kitchen.  His 
grandfather was Phineas Kitchen, a teacher by profession, 
and a resident of the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia 
county.  His father was a tailor, and in early manhood 
located at Center Hill, in this township, and continued in 
business there until his death.  His children were:  Emma, 
Anna, Susan, Jennie, Bertha, William (deceased), Charles T. 
and Addison.   Charles T. was reared in Solebury township, 
and in 1881 located in New Hope, where he embarked in the 
mercantile business, which he has followed successfully to 
the present time.  In 1873 he married Isabella, daughter of 
Edward and Catherine (Conover) Pickett, of New Hope, by whom 
he has six children:  Elmer, Addison, Burleigh, Augustus, 
Eva and Jesse.   He has one stepson, Joseph Holcombe.   Mr. 
Kitchen is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically is a 
republican.