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


DR. H. NIELDS physician, P.O. Mozart, was born in Chester, 
Pa., February 26, 1834, and is a son of John and Ann 
(Williamson) Nields, natives of Chester county, and of 
Scotch descent.  The grandfather came from Scotland and 
settled in Delaware, and afterward removed to Chester 
county.  John Nields, father of H. J., followed farming all 
his life.  He was the father of seven children, five of whom 
are living:  Evan, Margaretta, wife of Jacob W. Harvey, 
superintendent of Chester county schools; Henry J., Harvey, 
and John Wesley.  Dr. Henry J. was reared on a farm, where 
he remained until the age of eighteen years.  He then 
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until he 
was 21, working in the day time, and studying at night.  He 
then entered the Pennsylvania Medical College University, 
where he graduated in 1857, and practiced in Chester county, 
about four years.  He then moved to Philadelphia and started 
a drug-store at Tenth and Thompson streets, remaining about 
two years.  In 1869 he came to Bucks county and located at 
Concord, purchasing the property, where he has since carried 
on an extensive practice. He was married in 1857 to Caroline 
V. Lancaster, a native of Bucks county, by whom he has three 
children:  Selena, Emma E., and Ella W.  Dr.Nields is a 
member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle.