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


AARON F. MYERS farmer, P.O. Bedminster, is a grandson of 
Henry Myers, a farmer and mason of Plumstead township, where 
he died forty-three years ago.  His wife, Elizabeth Fretz, 
died in 1865.  Their children were:  Henry F. and John F., 
living in Plumstead; Reuben F., Joseph F., William F., 
Barbara, Catharine, and Annie, deceased.  The father of our 
subject, Joseph F., was born in Plumstead in 1812.  He was a 
mason and farmer.  Forty years ago he quit his trade, 
farming solely thereafter.  In 1844 he bought the farm now 
owned by Aaron, where he died May 12, 1882.  When he bought 
the farm a large part of it was uncleared, and the only 
buildings on it were an old log cabin and an old 
wagon-house.  He put up the fine buildings now on it and 
cleared the land.  His wife was Barbara, daughter of Abraham 
Fretz, of this township.  She died January 8, 1884, in her 
72nd year.  Of their children Enos, Mahlon, Mary Ann, 
Susannah, and an infant are deceased; Henry F. lives in 
Tinicum; Abraham F., in this township; and Aaron R., who was 
born July 10, 1846.  When 18 years old he began teaching, 
which he followed for five years.  After his marriage he 
rented a place in this township for a year, when he bought a 
farm in New Britain, which he sold ten years later, 
returning to the home place, which he bought on the death of 
his father two years afterward.  May 1, 1869, he was married 
to Lydia, daughter of Henry Moyer, of Lehigh county.  She 
was born February 7, 1845.  They have had nine children, of 
whom Barbara, Susanna, and Henry are deceased; and Oscar M., 
Joseph M., Titus M., Pierson M., Isaiah M., and Levinas M., 
are at home.  Mr. Myers has the confidence of those who know 
him, for a thoroughly honest and reliable man.  He is a 
member and a trustee of the Second Deep Run Mennonite 
church.