Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Pugh, John B.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown M-Z


JOHN B. PUGH attorney-at-law, P.O. Doylestown, was born in 
Hilltown township in this county May 26, 1809, and is a son 
of John and Elizabeth (Owen) Pugh, natives of Bucks county 
and of Welsh descent.  His great-grandfather, Hugh Pugh, 
came from Wales in about 1700 and settled in Chester county, 
but afterwards moved to Montgomery county where he died.  
His grandfather, Daniel, was born in 1731, in Chester county 
and moved to Bucks when he was quite young.  He was a mason 
by trade, but also carried on farming.  His son John (born 
in 1761), father of our subject, was a saddler, which trade 
he followed for some time in Hilltown township.  He also 
carried on the mercantile business for several years.  He 
was elected a member of the legislature on the democratic 
ticket and served four terms, and later was a member of 
congress for four years.  He also held the office of 
register and recorder of Bucks county for eleven years, and 
was justice of the peace for several years.  He was always 
an active politician and one of the prominent men of the 
county. He died in 1842.  Our subject was four years of age 
when his parents removed to Doylestown.  He went to select 
schools until he was 14 years of age, when he entered the 
University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1827.  He then 
commenced to read law under Mathias Morris, and in 1830 was 
admitted to the bar of Bucks county.  Mr. Pugh has also 
taken part in politics, and has served one term as 
prothonotary.  In 1840 he was elected justice of the peace 
in Doylestown borough and continued in this office by 
successive elections until 1885, a period of forty-five 
years, longer than any other person in the county had ever 
held that position, showing that he gave entire satisfaction 
to the public.  He was married in December, 1845, to 
Elizabeth S., daughter of Judge John and Margery (Rodman) 
Fox.  Mr. and Mrs. Pugh are the parents of five children:  
Edward F., Mary, Rodman F., Sophia and Marshall R.   Mrs. 
Pugh was a member of the Episcopal church and died in 1885.  
Mr. Pugh is one of the active men of the borough and one of 
its oldest settlers, having been identified with its people 
for more than three-quarters of a century.