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


   ISAIAH MICHENER veterinary surgeon, P.O. Carversville, 
was born in Buckingham township January 25, 1812, and is a 
son of Thomas and Sarah (Bradshaw) Michener, the latter a 
daughter of James Bradshaw, of Warrington township.  His 
paternal grandfather was Mechack Michener, an early settler 
of Buckingham, whose wife was Mary Trego.  He had eight 
children, of whom Thomas was the fourth.  The latter was a 
shoemaker by trade.  In early life he was a resident of 
Buckingham, then removed to Horsham township, Montgomery 
county, where he resided until his death.  His children 
were:  Mary, Jane, James B., Clarissa, Isaiah, Sarah A., 
Hannah, Susan, Eliza and Rebecca.  Isaiah was reared in 
Buckingham township, Bucks county, and in Horsham township, 
Montgomery county.  In 1830 he located in Buckingham, where 
he resided until 1884, then removed to Solebury.  He began 
the practice of his profession in 1836.  His wife was 
Esther, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Good, of 
Plumstead township, by whom he had ten children:  Ezra, 
Sarah B. (Mrs. Charles Paxson), Curtis C., Thomas 
(deceased), Mary Ellen (Mrs. Asher M. Fell), Horace, 
Clarissa, Charles, Anson B. and Anna M. (deceased).  Mr. 
Michener is a member of the Society of Friends, and was 
president of the Doylestown Agricultural and Mechanics' 
Institute for twenty-one years, and politically is a 
republican.