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


MATHIAS LEHNEN manufacturer and lumber dealer, P.O. 
Riegelsville, was born in Prussia, August 27, 1825, and is a 
son of Adam and Elizabeth Lehnen, natives of Germany.  Mr. 
Lehnen spent the early portion of his life in Germany, and 
then emigrated to this country.  He was married here in 1853 
to Miss Mary Ann Gardner.  The issue of this union is:  
Pauline, Ursilla, Anastatia, Rosa, Elizabeth, Ida and Lilly. 
 Mr. Lehnen sustained a loss of $3500 on the 14th of May, 
1886, by the burning of his saw-mill; but being of the 
German stock, full of energy and perseverance, he began at 
once to rebuild, and has now a most complete saw-mill, 
lumber and slate yard.  Mr. Lehnen is a public-spirited man. 
After having served his adopted country four years as 
commissioned officer in the late war, he returned home with 
honor, and was sought by the people to represent them as 
mercantile appraiser of Bucks county.  He has also been 
school director and supervisor, and at present is tax 
collector.  Mr. Lehnen employs sixty men, and has done so 
for the past nine years.  He is a dealer in all sorts of 
lumber, hickory, white oak, apple, poplar, bass, walnut, 
white and yellow pine, also in shingles, flooring, slate, 
machine boxes, handles, spokes, etc.  He is also a 
contractor.  Mr. Lehnen stands high in the community, and 
enjoys the entire confidence of the people.  He is a member 
of the Roman Catholic church, and in politics is a democrat.