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


HENRY C. MOYER proprietor of creamery, P.O. Bedminster, is a 
grandson of Abraham Moyer, who died in Hilltown about forty 
years ago at the age of 70 years.  He had fourteen children, 
of whom five are yet living:  Henry B., a minister in 
Hilltown; John B., living in Michigan; Abraham, living in 
Illinois; Mary in Indiana; and Elizabeth, in Hilltown.  
Samuel, father of Henry O., was born in Hilltown in 1815 and 
died there in 1852.  He was a farmer and was noted for 
raising and training fast horses, having at one time the 
fastest horse in the county, which he sold nearly forty 
years ago for $325 - a great price at that time.  He was a 
member of the Mennonite church, and a good man.  His wife 
was Hannah Oberholtzer, who is now living with our subject 
at the age of 68 years.  They had six children: Isaac, Enos, 
Abraham, and Mary Ann, deceased; Samuel, living in Hilltown, 
and Henry O., who was born in Hilltown November 27, 1845.  
When 16 years old he began working at the blacksmith's 
trade, and continued for ten years.  He afterward engaged 
for five years in butchering, and two years in brick 
manufacturing.  He then built the Bedminster creamery, which 
he has since successfully conducted.  He has handled as high 
as 18,000 pounds of milk in a day, his average being about 
12,000.  The creamery has been a great benefit to the 
farming community of this section.  October 6, 1886, Mr. 
Moyer was married to Sarah Jane, daughter of Henry A. Moyer. 
 She was born October 15, 1845, in Hilltown.  They have 
seven children:  Theodore M., Ida Jane, Hannah M., Henry 
Clinton, Samuel Linford, Sarah Alice, and Florence Mabel.  
Mr. Moyer is regarded as a leading man in Bedminster, his 
judgment, honesty, and straight dealing winning for him the 
confidence of the people.  He and his wife are members of 
the Dublin Reformed church.