Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Nickleson, Edward Hon.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   HONORABLE EDWARD NICKLESON farmer, P.O. Yardley, was born 
in Yardleyville, Bucks county, March 17, 1807.  His father 
was Charles Cormick Nickleson, a native of Ireland, and a 
tailor by trade.  He emigrated to America and located at 
Yardley, where he followed his trade.  He was married here 
to Mercy Bailey, a Friend and a daughter of Edward Bailey. 
After his marriage he erected a house in Yardley and 
afterward purchased a portion of the farm, on which his son 
Edward now lives.  He died in 1831.  He had one son and two 
daughters:  Anna, who married Joseph Ely, of New Hope; Mary, 
who married Thomas Heed, of Lumberville, and Edward.  Edward 
attended the common schools of his native township and 
engaged in farming.  He is the owner of a fine farm and a 
brownstone quarry, which was opened in 1816.  Every building 
on the premises has been erected since that time from stone 
taken from the quarry.  Mr. Nickleson came to this farm when 
about a year old, and it has since been his home, a period 
of eighty years.  In politics he has always been a democrat. 
 He was elected to the state legislature in the years 1848, 
1849, and 1850.  He was a delegate to the convention at 
Cincinnati that nominated Buchanan, and was one of the 
electors on the ticket for Greeley.  He has always been an 
active, energetic man, practical and self-reliant, and 
possessed of that keen insight so valuable to a public man.  
As a farmer, business man, and statesman he has discharged 
the duties of neighbor, citizen and public officer with 
honor to himself and party.  He owns valuable property, 
residences and business houses, in Yardley and in 
Fallsington.  March 20, 1828, he was married to Miss 
Elizabeth V. Dungan.  They are members of St. Andrew's 
Episcopal church at Yardley.  They have had seven sons and 
four daughters.  Four of the sons died in childhood, and 
one, Dr. Joshua D., died of lung disease in his 27th year.  
Mary E. married Stephen M. Janney, of Newtown, and died in 
1877, leaving one daughter, Florence R. Janney.  Those 
living are:  Edward, who married Miss Kate Reed, of New 
Jersey, and resides in Lower Makefield township; Mercy Anna, 
wife of Charles D. Weart, a farmer of Lower Makefield 
township; Sarah D., widow of Dr. Elias Wildman, late of 
Fallsington; Josephine, wife of Amos Johnson, a clothing 
merchant of Lambertville, N. J.; John Marshall, who is 
traveling in California.  Mr. Nickleson is now in his 81st 
year and has enjoyed good health all his life.  He stands 
high in the estimation of all as an upright and honest 
Christian gentleman.