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


GEORGE W. LERCH tinsmith, P.O. Bedminster, is a native of 
Tinicum township, where he was born March 9, 1854.  His 
grandfather, David Lerch, was a farmer in Northampton 
county, where he died. His son, Samuel, father of George W., 
was born in Northampton county July 15, 1823, and after his 
marriage removed to a small farm in Tinicum township, where 
he still lives. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Peter Shull, 
of Tinicum.  She died in 1867, leaving three children:  
Clinton, living in Tinicum; Samuel in New Jersey; and George 
W.  Our subject was brought up to farming, and in 1873 began 
learning the trade of a tinsmith in Bedminster, buying out 
the business four years later, and he has successfully 
conducted it ever since.  November 1, 1879, he was married 
to Anna G., daughter of Elias Strouse, of Tinicum, where she 
was born July 31, 1859.  They have had two children, Howard 
and Dorsey, the latter of whom died in infancy.  Among the 
young business men of Bedminsterville, Mr. Lerch stands in 
the front rank.  He is characterized by a sturdy 
independence and an unfaltering uprightness.  He is a member 
of the Reformed church and his wife of the Lutheran.  In 
politics he is an active democrat.