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


NOAH S. NONEMAKER physician, P.O. Bedminster, is a 
great-grandson of Adam Nonemaker, a native of this county 
and of foreign parentage.  He was born April 21, 1759, lived 
in Hilltown township, died August 28, 1843, and is buried at 
the Tohickon Church burying-ground.  He was a farmer all his 
lifetime.  His wife was Barbara Kramer, born March 5, 1763, 
died April 27, 1821.  Their son, Henry, grandfather of Noah 
S., was born in Hilltown township July 31, 1786, and died in 
this township September 16, 1871.  He carried on for many 
years the business of undertaker and cabinet-maker in 
Bedminster.  He, with all of this family, was noted for his 
skill as a worker in wood - a trait possessed to this day in 
a marked degree by his descendants.  His wife was Elizabeth 
Rosenberger, born November 25, 1785, died in this township 
April 7, 1845.  They had four sons and three daughters.  Of 
these Charles and Henry are now living in this township; and 
Maria, widow of Peter Stout, is in Quakertown.  Those 
deceased were:  Elias, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Aaron.  The 
latter was the father of Noah S. and was born in Rockhill 
township June 26, 1814.  He was brought up to farming and 
for fourteen years after his marriage farmed the home place 
in this township, and then bought a small place near 
Perkasie, where he lived for nearly thirty years, dying 
there March 17, 1885.  He was an honest and upright man, 
and, though without education, enjoyed the confidence and 
respect of the entire community.  His wife was Anna Shutt, 
of Horsham township, Montgomery county.  She was born March 
5, 1815, and is now living at Perkasie.  Their children are: 
 Deborah, widow of Charles Wise, living in Perkasie; 
Elizabeth, deceased; Jacob, in Delaware; and Noah S., who 
was born March 23, 1854.  In youth he worked at farming, 
attending district school until he was 13 years old, then 
engaged in mechanical pursuits for ten years.  He was a 
great reader and student, and while working close by 
Doylestown attracted the attention of Dr. F. Swartzlander, 
who enabled him to satisfy his love for the study of 
medicine, and while continuing to work industriously he 
began reading for the profession under the doctor's 
instruction, and began his collegiate course in 1877, 
graduating from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 
1879.  He at once came to Bedminster, where he has built up 
a large practice.  March 15, 1883, he was married to Lizzie, 
daughter of Abraham Bean, of Sellersville.  She was born 
September 8, 1857.  They have three children:  Annie 
Lucretia, Edgar Vasco, and Claudius Howard.  Dr. Nonemaker 
is emphatically a self-made man.  Starting in life without 
advantages of any kind, supporting himself by industrious 
work in the daytime and assiduous study at night, with rare 
energy and perseverance and indomitable courage he has 
become a well-read, successful, and honored member of an 
honored profession.